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Re: core-updates all over again :)
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Marius Bakke |
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Re: core-updates all over again :) |
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Wed, 13 May 2020 21:24:57 +0200 |
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Christopher Baines <address@hidden> writes:
> Hey,
>
> So, given that core-updates was recently merged, I guess it's time to
> start the branch again?
>
> I've got two patches in mind, [1] for parallel xz compression during the
> unpack phase if the build is happening in parallel, and [2] to enable
> p11-kit in gnutls.
>
> 1: https://issues.guix.info/issue/33643
> 2: https://issues.guix.info/issue/40654
For [2], you could define a 'gnutls+p11-kit' and use that in libcacard
for now, instead of having to wait N months for the branch to start
rolling (during which time things may change in libcacard or GnuTLS).
> There's also updating Ruby to 2.7 which can at least be considered for
> core-updates, I've seen some 2.7 incompatibilities in various Ruby
> libraries, but it's worth looking at.
Maybe we should have a 'package-with-ruby27' procedure, similar to
'package-with-python2'? Then we don't need to wait for core-updates to
try this either. :-)
> The above patches could do with a bit more review, but is there any
> formalities in terms of getting core-updates going again?
The job specification needs to be re-added on Cuirass, but other than
that it should be "safe to push".
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