Re: GNU Mes 0.26 released

[ahojlm]

On Sun, Dec 03, 2023 at 01:50:31PM +0100, Janneke Nieuwenhuizen wrote:
> We are happy to announce the release of GNU Mes 0.26.

>   [...] Recently,
>   version 0.24.2 has realized the first Full Source Bootstrap for Guix
>   
> <https://guix.gnu.org/en/blog/2023/the-full-source-bootstrap-building-from-source-all-the-way-down/>.

What does "Full Source" refer to?

No use of pre-existing binaries, or something else?

The only usable reference seems to exist in the Mes manual[1]:

 "all binary seeds need to be inspectable and must be reviewed"
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
which has been there at least since 2018, according to archive.org.

The 25 MiB binaries mentioned in the referred blog entry seem to
contradict such interpretation of "Full-Source Bootstrap".

Has the goal been redefined this year to *not* imply inspectability of
the used binaries?

The text of the manual page *has* changed this year[2], but this does not
tell whether the goal of the previous 5 years was changed or not.

Thanks in advance for a clarification! Either Janneke, or anyone on some
of the lists, or the moderators themselves, I would be extremely grateful.

Regards,
 an

[1] 
<https://web.archive.org/web/20220926021019/https://www.gnu.org/software/mes/manual/html_node/Full-Source-Bootstrap.html>

[2] 
<https://www.gnu.org/software/mes/manual/html_node/Full-Source-Bootstrap.html>