[Nix-dev] NixOS 13.10

[Rok Garbas]

should we also create nixpkgs-13.10 channel from same branch?

Quoting Rok Garbas (2013-11-01 02:36:32)
> awesome! and tnx for all the work.
> 
> Quoting Eelco Dolstra (2013-10-31 23:59:19)
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I'm pleased to announce the availability of the first stable branch of NixOS,
> > namely 13.10 (a.k.a "Aardvark")!  The purpose of this branch is to receive only
> > conservative changes, such as bug fixes, "safe" minor package upgrades and new
> > packages [1].  This is important for people who want to use NixOS in a
> > production environment: you do want to get (security) fixes, but you don't want
> > to be afraid of the system changing in fundamental ways, as may be the case on
> > the master branch.
> > 
> > Note that NixOS 13.10 is a branch, not a "release" in the sense of a static
> > revision.  Just like the NixOS master branch, it receives updates, just safer
> > ones.  The idea is to maintain this branch at least until the next stable branch
> > (14.04?) is created.
> > 
> > The 13.10 branch lives here in GitHub:
> > 
> >   https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/tree/release-13.10
> > 
> > It also has an associated channel:
> > 
> >   http://nixos.org/channels/nixos-13.10
> > 
> > (Notice that versions of releases in the 13.10 channel have no "pre" string,
> > indicating they're stable versions, such as 13.10.35427.6fda96b.)
> > 
> > If you want to switch an existing machine from the nixos-unstable channel over
> > to the 13.10 channel, just do:
> > 
> >   $ nix-channel --add http://nixos.org/channels/nixos-13.10 nixos
> > 
> > After this, subsequent calls to "nixos-rebuild switch --upgrade" will fetch from
> > the nixos-13.10 channel.  See here for details on switching between NixOS channels:
> > 
> >   http://nixos.org/nixos/manual/#sec-upgrading
> > 
> > Like the nixos-unstable channel (which gets build from the master branch), the
> > 13.10 channel is updated only after Hydra has built all packages and all
> > release-critical tests have succeeded.  The Hydra jobset is:
> > 
> >   http://hydra.nixos.org/jobset/nixos/release-13.10
> > 
> > and the status of the release-critical jobs can be seen here:
> > 
> >   http://hydra.nixos.org/job/nixos/release-13.10/tested#tabs-constituents
> > 
> > The plan for maintaining the branch is that it will primarily receive
> > cherry-picked commits from master.  Other than that, doing a stable branch is an
> > experiment, and we'll have to see what the best way to do it is.  Any
> > feedback/suggestions are welcome.
> > 
> > On that topic, now is probably a good time to start thinking about what the next
> > release should look like, in terms of features.  If you have any features
> > (especially potentially high-impact ones like upgrading GCC) that you would like
> > to see, please create GitHub issues for them, and add them to the 14.0x milestone:
> > 
> >   https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues?milestone=4&state=open
> > 
> > [1] New major versions of existing packages are also fine as long as they are
> > marked as "lowPrio" in all-packages.nix.  That is, "nix-env -i package" should
> > continue to install the old version.
> > 
> > -- 
> > Eelco Dolstra | LogicBlox, Inc. | http://nixos.org/~eelco/
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> 
> 
> Rok Garbas - http://www.garbas.si


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