Re: [PATCH] gnu: gcc-4.9: Update to 4.9.4.

[Carlos Sánchez de La Lama]

Hi Marius, Mark,

> Only packages with a large impact in terms of rebuilds (as calculated by
> `guix refresh -l <package-name>`). Obviously gcc is one such package.

> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2016-10/msg00933.html

Thanks! That is exactly the information I was looking for.

> Most changes go to 'master' first and are later merged into
> 'core-updates'.  However, changes that would force a large number of
> rebuilds need to be pushed to another branch, to allow our build farm to
> rebuild before its merged to 'master'.

Understood, makes a lot of sense.

> If you are porting to a new architecture, I would definitely recommend
> basing your work on 'core-updates', which will likely be merged into
> 'master' in the next two weeks.  If you need gcc-4.9.4, that's another
> reason to base your work on 'core-updates'.

I am (I think) almost there, I expect to be able to succesfully build
hello on my ppc machine soon (it's a slow machine, so iterations take
time). I do not feel like changing to core-updates now (though I would
have been better had I worked there since the beggining). Once I have
bootstrapped, I will review the changes and rebase the "core" ones to
core-updates. I should be there before two weeks' time.

Thanks!

Carlos