Re: Merging ‘core-updates’ real soon

[Ludovic Courtès]

Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> skribis:

> If there are no objections, I’d like us to go ahead and rebase/merge
> ‘core-updates’ tomorrow, Friday 30th, after adding an entry in
> ‘etc/news.scm’ (I can do that but I won’t mind if somebody else does; we
> can coordinate on IRC and/or here.)

Here’s a proposed news entry:

 (entry (commit "XXX")
        (title
         (en "Core packages updated"))
        (body
         (en "Core packages have been updated, in particular those that
are used to build every other package in the distribution.  Noteworthy
upgrades include:

@itemize
@item @code{glibc} 2.39 (was 2.35);
@item @code{gcc} 11.4.0 as the default compiler (was 11.3.0);
@item @code{binutils} 2.41 (was 2.38);
@item @code{make} 4.4.1 (was 4.3);
@item TeX@tie{}Live 2024.2 (was 20230313);
@end itemize

Additional improvements were made to the build system and related
packages and tools:

@itemize
@item
the @code{glibc} package now includes the @code{C.UTF-8} locale,
suitable for use when a UTF-8-capable is necessary regardless of any
language or regional convention;
@item
origins that include patches are now repacked with zstd instead of xz,
which uses less CPU power and memory, both when compressing and when
decompressing;
@item
@code{copy-recursively} has a new @code{#:select?} parameter.
@end itemize

If you encounter any problem, please check
@url{https://issues.guix.gnu.org} for existing reports and resolutions;
email @email{bug-guix@@gnu.org} to report new bugs.")))

Did I forget anything important here?

If not, translations welcome!

Ludo’.