Florian Paul Schmidt <mista.ta...@gmx.net> writes: > On 16.02.2016 17:42, Andreas Enge wrote: >> On Tue, Feb 16, 2016 at 05:33:27PM +0100, Ricardo Wurmus wrote: >>> I was not courageous enough to suggest that, but this does sound >>> like a good idea. >> >> It is easy enough to have that courage when one is not the person >> making the releases :-) > > Hmm, shouldn't that process be mostly automated? And if not, maybe > it's worth thinking about how to do that. I guess from a functional > point of view a release is just a function that takes a revision and > has as its outputs installer images, binary installers, a new website, > yada yada yada..
IIUC The problem is that making a release involves a lot a build power that take long long time and makes it difficult to resolve unavoidable issues encountered during the process. I remember hearing Ludo explaining that the release process for Guix was more involving than for the other software projects he experienced. -- Mathieu Lirzin
