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Add more release testing automation for Guix releases

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From: "pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)" <pelzflorian <at> pelzflorian.de>
To: bug-guix <at> gnu.org
Subject: Add more release testing automation for Guix releases
Date: Fri, 3 May 2019 10:50:53 +0200

mate-applets failed to build multiple times in the Guix 1.0 ISO, so
MATE cannot be installed.  I guess I should have tested more before
release; not much can be done about it now (you may close this bug if
really not much can be done), however maybe a more thorough testing
checklist or automation may be helpful for future releases.

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From: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
To: "pelzflorian \(Florian Pelz\)" <pelzflorian <at> pelzflorian.de>
Cc: 35539 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#35539: Add more release testing automation for Guix releases
Date: Fri, 03 May 2019 12:04:18 +0200

Hi Florian,

"pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)" <pelzflorian <at> pelzflorian.de> skribis:

> mate-applets failed to build multiple times in the Guix 1.0 ISO, so
> MATE cannot be installed.  I guess I should have tested more before
> release; not much can be done about it now (you may close this bug if
> really not much can be done), however maybe a more thorough testing
> checklist or automation may be helpful for future releases.

Bah indeed.  pluma and mate-applets both fail to build.  :-/

I agree we need more automation here.  One way to do this would be
something like ‘make assert-binaries-available’, which checks for
substitute availability (it could be a prerequisite of ‘make dist’),
where we’d explicitly check for DEs on x86_64 and i686.  That would be
an improvement, though it’d still be quite handcrafted.

Ludo’.

Message #11 received at 35539 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado <at> elephly.net>
To: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
Cc: "pelzflorian \(Florian Pelz\)" <pelzflorian <at> pelzflorian.de>,
 35539 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#35539: Add more release testing automation for Guix releases
Date: Fri, 03 May 2019 12:52:58 +0200

Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org> writes:

> Hi Florian,
>
> "pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)" <pelzflorian <at> pelzflorian.de> skribis:
>
>> mate-applets failed to build multiple times in the Guix 1.0 ISO, so
>> MATE cannot be installed.  I guess I should have tested more before
>> release; not much can be done about it now (you may close this bug if
>> really not much can be done), however maybe a more thorough testing
>> checklist or automation may be helpful for future releases.
>
> Bah indeed.  pluma and mate-applets both fail to build.  :-/

I have fixed them shortly after the release.  This doesn’t help users of
the release, of course.

-- 
Ricardo

Message #14 received at 35539 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: "pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)" <pelzflorian <at> pelzflorian.de>
To: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 35539 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#35539: Add more release testing automation for Guix releases
Date: Fri, 3 May 2019 20:50:07 +0200

On Fri, May 03, 2019 at 12:04:18PM +0200, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
> I agree we need more automation here.  One way to do this would be
> something like ‘make assert-binaries-available’, which checks for
> substitute availability (it could be a prerequisite of ‘make dist’),
> where we’d explicitly check for DEs on x86_64 and i686.  That would be
> an improvement, though it’d still be quite handcrafted.
> 
> Ludo’.

This overlaps with the need for (eventually) a stable branch, I think.

Regards,
Florian

Message #21 received at 35539-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
To: "pelzflorian \(Florian Pelz\)" <pelzflorian <at> pelzflorian.de>
Cc: 35539-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#35539: Add more release testing automation for Guix releases
Date: Sat, 18 May 2019 14:03:02 +0200

Hello,

Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org> skribis:

> I agree we need more automation here.  One way to do this would be
> something like ‘make assert-binaries-available’, which checks for
> substitute availability (it could be a prerequisite of ‘make dist’),
> where we’d explicitly check for DEs on x86_64 and i686.

I did that in 762ba22efe01006d959503dc368ee54b16ccea31; 1.0.1 will
definitely have substitutes for MATE, GNOME, etc.

There’s surely still room for improvement in that area, but let’s open
more specific bugs as we see fit.

Thanks,
Ludo’.

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