[Nix-dev] 16.03 release has been post-postponed (was: When will nixos-16.03 be ready?)

[Domen Kožar]

Let's not forget removal of perl from Nix closure.

On Fri, Apr 1, 2016 at 11:10 AM, Peter Simons <simons at cryp.to> wrote:

> Christian Kauhaus writes:
>
>  > I wonder what the timeline is for the 16.03 release. As far as I
>  > understand it, it was supposed to happen in March, but odds are not
>  > so good right now. Has anyone an idea about what it takes for the
>  > release to happen?
>
> I have the unpleasant duty of informing everyone that all plans to release
> nixos-16.03 are OFF.
>
> We were literally minutes away from tagging the source code and switching
> on
> the nixos-16.03 channel when Domen realized that we had flat-out forgotten
> to implement several important BLOCKERS that prevent us from releasing the
> new version right now. So we had an on-line meeting, discussed our options,
> and concluded to POSTPONE any new NixOS releases until the following issues
> are resolved:
>
>  - Re-designed UI for Nix command-line tools
>  - Deterministic Reproducible Builds (#2281)
>  - Security Hardening (#7220)
>  - Fast Delivery of Security Updates (#10851)
>  - Recursive Nix
>  - Declarative User Environments a.k.a. User-space NixOS (#9250)
>  - Hydra NG (#12203)
>  - Lazier mkDerivation function (#11094)
>  - Consistent Support for Multiple Outputs (#7701)
>
> Once ALL these issues are implemented and tested, we'll start over with a
> new release cycle.
>
> Thank you for your patience and understanding,
> Peter
>
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