Re: Shipping more installer images?

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hi,

Danny Milosavljevic <dannym@scratchpost.org> skribis:

> On Mon, 12 Oct 2020 13:47:25 +0200
> Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> wrote:
>
>> Mathieu Othacehe <othacehe@gnu.org> skribis:
>> 
>> Keep in mind that images use space at ftp.gnu.org and also take time to
>> build (having CI up-to-date helps with that, but it doesn’t not
>> eliminate build times due to the ‘update-guix-package’ dance that takes
>> place during “make release”.)
>> 
>> Likewise, if we ship more images, we should update the “System
>> Installation” section accordingly and be clear about what users can
>> expect.
>> 
>> I guess all I’m saying is that we should not make such decisions lightly
>> and be sure to examine all the consequences.
>
> I agree.
>
> IMO there are only very few RYF-worthy ARM devices--and we should support
> at least those, if we support any ARM devices at all.  That includes
> providing images for those few (at least A20-EOMA68, A?0*Olinuxino*, and
> Novena).

So that’s 3 more 1 GiB installer images, right?  If we target Oct. 29th,
how are we going to test them in the meantime?  How long will it take to
build them, even assuming we build on an OverDrive?

I don’t want to spoil the party, I think it’d be great to better support
those devices, but it seems to me that there’s still quite a lot to be
done before we can offer that with reasonable confidence.

Thanks,
Ludo’.