Re: Successfully running GNOME on core-updates + staging

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hi Mark,

Mark H Weaver <address@hidden> skribis:

> I've successfully updated my x86_64 GuixSD system to my private branch
> based on 'core-updates' with recent 'master' and 'staging' merged into
> it.  This system includes a full GNOME desktop environment plus a few
> programs based on Qt.  It all works quite well.
>
> My branch includes a few draft fixes and workarounds that I haven't yet
> pushed, but nothing that would require many rebuilds to update later.
>
> So, I think it might be time to ask Hydra to build all of core-updates,
> after staging is merged into it.

I agree.  There was an issue with cross-compiling ‘bootstrap-tarballs’
that Marius reported a few days ago, which I’m looking into right now.
I don’t expect the fix(es) to trigger a full rebuild.

If Marius and others don’t object, I’d say go for it!

Thanks,
Ludo’.