04/05: doc: Add announcements for 0.8.2.

[Ludovic Court�s]

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Author: Ludovic Courtès <address@hidden>
Date:   Sat May 16 12:22:41 2015 +0200

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+We are pleased to announce the release of GNU Guix version 0.8.2,
+representing 1,743 commits by 24 people over 3.5 months.
+
+
+• About
+
+  GNU Guix is a functional package manager for the GNU system.
+  The Guix System Distribution is (GuixSD) an advanced distribution
+  of the GNU system.
+
+  In addition to standard package management features, Guix supports
+  transactional upgrades and roll-backs, unprivileged package
+  management, and per-user profiles.  GuixSD offers a declarative
+  approach to operating system configuration management and is highly
+  hackable.  Guix uses low-level mechanisms from the Nix package
+  manager, except that packages are defined as native Guile modules,
+  using extensions to the Scheme language.
+
+  The operating system uses the Linux-Libre kernel and the GNU dmd init
+  system.  At this stage it can be used on an i686 or x86_64 machine.
+
+  It is also possible to use Guix on top of an already installed
+  GNU/Linux system, including on mips64el and armv7.
+
+  http://www.gnu.org/software/guix/
+
+
+• Download
+
+  Here are the compressed sources and a GPG detached signature[*]:
+    ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/guix/guix-0.8.2.tar.gz
+    ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/guix/guix-0.8.2.tar.gz.sig
+
+  Here are the bootable USB installation images and their signatures[*]:
+    ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/guix/guixsd-usb-install-0.8.2.i686-linux.xz
+    ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/guix/guixsd-usb-install-0.8.2.i686-linux.xz.sig
+    ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/guix/guixsd-usb-install-0.8.2.x86_64-linux.xz
+    ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/guix/guixsd-usb-install-0.8.2.x86_64-linux.xz.sig
+
+  Here are the binary tarballs and their signatures[*]:
+    ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/guix/guix-binary-0.8.2.i686-linux.xz
+    ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/guix/guix-binary-0.8.2.i686-linux.xz.sig
+    ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/guix/guix-binary-0.8.2.x86_64-linux.xz
+    ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/guix/guix-binary-0.8.2.x86_64-linux.xz.sig
+    ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/guix/guix-binary-0.8.2.mips64el-linux.xz
+    ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/guix/guix-binary-0.8.2.mips64el-linux.xz.sig
+    ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/guix/guix-binary-0.8.2.armhf-linux.xz
+    ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/guix/guix-binary-0.8.2.armhf-linux.xz.sig
+
+
+  Use a mirror for higher download bandwidth:
+    http://www.gnu.org/order/ftp.html
+
+  Here are the SHA1 checksums:
+
+  31a7cc23fde710aa944b173a889da77a52706156  guix-0.8.2.tar.gz
+  a4c96c1a8af8a4bc5e889968c518ee24a0a004b7  
guix-binary-0.8.2.armhf-linux.tar.xz
+  45dd51b80ebbf74a052277c83592dff479b0c431  guix-binary-0.8.2.i686-linux.tar.xz
+  d16e490d585c95b1142d14ff89a55f150afa388b  
guix-binary-0.8.2.mips64el-linux.tar.xz
+  3470c712b8eda01cfbcb60dd0cbf602e29e1eea7  
guix-binary-0.8.2.x86_64-linux.tar.xz
+  49d132ed5c19406af3621941a883f61b049475e2  
guixsd-usb-install-0.8.2.i686-linux.xz
+  baf8bbf89834767fcf639814ce5e2594230be883  
guixsd-usb-install-0.8.2.x86_64-linux.xz
+
+  [*] Use a .sig file to verify that the corresponding file (without the
+  .sig suffix) is intact.  First, be sure to download both the .sig file
+  and the corresponding tarball.  Then, run a command like this:
+
+    gpg --verify guix-0.8.2.tar.gz.sig
+
+  If that command fails because you don't have the required public key,
+  then run this command to import it:
+
+    gpg --keyserver keys.gnupg.net --recv-keys 3D9AEBB5
+
+  and rerun the 'gpg --verify' command.
+
+  This release was bootstrapped with the following tools:
+    Autoconf 2.69
+    Automake 1.15
+    Makeinfo 5.2
+
+
+  To install the Guix System Distribution, please see “System
+  Installation” in the manual.  To install Guix on a running
+  system, see “Installation” in the manual.
+
+
+• Changes since version 0.8.1 (excerpt from the NEWS file)
+
+  ** Package management
+
+  *** New “binary tarball” installation method is available
+
+  See “Binary Installation” in the manual.
+
+  *** New ‘guix publish’ command, to publish one’s store
+
+  See “Invoking guix publish” in the manual.
+
+  *** ‘guix package’ runs “profile creation hooks” as needed
+
+  It creates X.509 certificate bundles in the profile’s etc/ssl directory, if
+  needed, generates a package database cache for GHC if the profile includes 
GHC
+  (the Haskell compiler), and generates an Info ‘dir’ file (this part was
+  already done before.)
+
+  *** ‘guix package’ creates an ‘etc/profile’ file in the profile
+
+  See “Invoking guix package” in the manual.
+
+  *** Commands understand version prefixes, such as ‘gcc-5’ for ‘gcc-5.1.0’
+
+  *** ‘guix package --search’ now sorts packages by name and version
+
+  *** Substitute information is now fetched using HTTP pipelining
+
+  Before that the “substituter” used threads.  Using HTTP pipelining means that
+  resource consumption is reduced on both the client and server sides.  As a
+  side effect, a progress report is displayed as substitute info is downloaded.
+
+  *** ‘guix package’ warns when a $GUIX_PACKAGE_PATH module cannot be loaded
+
+  *** New ‘--sources’ option to ‘guix build’
+
+  *** New Bash completion file, installed in $sysconfdir/bash_completion.d
+
+  *** New ‘guix import hackage’ command
+
+  See “Invoking guix import” in the manual.
+
+  *** ‘guix lint’ supports FTP for the ‘source’ and ‘home-page’ checkers
+
+  *** ‘guix lint’ has a new ‘derivation’ checker
+
+  *** ‘guix import cpan’ better handles dependencies and licenses
+
+  *** Packages are now build in an environment with a UTF-8 locale
+
+  ** Distribution
+
+  *** C library's name service switch (NSS) is now fully configurable
+
+  See “Name Service Switch” in the manual.
+
+  *** New services: wicd, lirc, colord, upower, console-keymap, postgresql
+
+  *** Xorg service supports new drivers, such as Nouveau
+
+  *** lsh service has new options, initializes its seed by default
+
+  *** /etc/ssl symlink is created, for X.509 certificates
+
+  See “X.509 Certificates” in the manual.
+
+  *** ‘guix system’ reports duplicate service identifiers
+
+  *** New /etc/bashrc file that loads Bash completion when available
+
+  *** SLiM service uses sessions from 
/run/current-system/profile/share/xsessions
+
+  See “X Window” in the manual.
+
+  *** The Linux “YAMA” restricting policy on PTRACE_ATTACH is now disabled
+
+  *** /etc/shells now lists all the user accounts’ shells
+
+  *** /gnu/store is now remounted read-only, to avoid accidental modification
+
+  *** /etc/profile is sources each profile’s ‘etc/profile’ file
+
+  *** 718 new packages
+
+  aalib, aarddict, acpid, agg, aisleriot, alsa-modular-synth, ant, ardour,
+  ardour, argtable, arpack-ng, aspell-dict-ru, aubio, audacity, avidemux,
+  avidemux, azr3, bamtools, bash-completion, bedops, bind-utils, bluez, bool,
+  brdf-explorer, bwa, calf, calibre, catch, ccl, chibi-scheme, chmlib,
+  clalsadrv, clipper, clisp, clustal-omega, colord, colordiff, cpufrequtils,
+  crossmap, csound, ctl, cunit, cutadapt, desktop-file-utils, djvulibre,
+  dnsmasq, dosfstools, double-conversion, dovecot, ecl, efl, elementary,
+  elogind, emacs-no-x, emotion-generic-players, enca, enlightenment,
+  evas-generic-loaders, exim, express, extremetuxracer, faad2, fastx-toolkit,
+  fcitx, fdupes, flexbar, fluidsynth, font-adobe-source-han-sans,
+  font-wqy-zenhei, freepats, gambit-c, ganv, geda-gaf, geoclue, geocode-glib,
+  ghc, ghc-case-insensitive, ghc-containers, ghc-fgl, ghc-hashable, ghc-http,
+  ghc-hunit, ghc-mtl, ghc-network, ghc-network-uri, ghc-parallel, ghc-parsec,
+  ghc-paths, ghc-primitive, ghc-quickcheck, ghc-random, ghc-split, ghc-stm,
+  ghc-syb, ghc-text, ghc-tf-random, ghc-unordered-containers, ghc-vector,
+  ghc-zlib, girara, gitolite, glib-networking, glibc-locales,
+  glibc-utf8-locales, glibc-utf8-locales, glm, gnome-mines,
+  gnome-settings-daemon, gnome-terminal, gnucash, gnugo, grit, gst-libav,
+  guile-minikanren, guile-reader, hdparm, hisat, htseq, htsjdk, hunspell,
+  hyphen, i2c-tools, ibus, icecast, icedtea6, icedtea7, ilmbase, ir, isync,
+  ixion, jack2, jalv, jansson, jemalloc, julia, key-mon, ladspa, lash,
+  leptonica, liba52, libabw, libaio, libass, libavc1394, libbluray, libbs2b,
+  libcaca, libcap-ng, libcdio-paranoia, libcdr, libdca, libdv, libdvdcss,
+  libe-book, libedit, libepoxy, libetonyek, libexttextcat, libffcall,
+  libfreehand, libgnomecanvasmm, libgtextutils, libgweather, libical,
+  libiec61883, libinput, liblo, libmodplug, libmspack, libmspub, libmtp,
+  libmwaw, libodfgen, libpagemaker, libqtxdg, libquvi, libquvi-scripts,
+  libraw1394, librecad, librep, librevenge, libsbsms, libsecret, libshout,
+  libsoup, libsrtp, libtocc, libungif, libva, libvisio, libwacom, libwebp,
+  libwpd, libwpg, libwps, libxklavier, libxmp, libyaml, lilv, lilypond, lirc,
+  livestreamer, ltrace, lv2, lv2-mda-epiano, lv2-mda-piano, lvtk, macs, 
mariadb,
+  markdown, mdadm, mdds, mesa-headers, mesa-utils, miredo, miso, moreutils,
+  mpd-mpc, mpdscribble, mplayer2, mpv, muparser, mythes, ncbi-vdb, ngircd,
+  ngs-java, ngs-sdk, npth, nss-certs, openblas, openexr, openlibm, openntpd,
+  openspecfun, openvpn, orc, orcus, p11-kit, patchage, pbtranscript-tofu, pcb,
+  perl-algorithm-c3, perl-algorithm-diff, perl-aliased,
+  perl-apache-logformat-compiler, perl-appconfig, perl-b-hooks-endofscope,
+  perl-base, perl-bit-vector, perl-boolean, perl-cache-cache,
+  perl-cache-fastmmap, perl-capture-tiny, perl-carp-assert,
+  perl-carp-assert-more, perl-carp-clan, perl-catalyst-action-renderview,
+  perl-catalyst-action-rest, perl-catalyst-component-instancepercontext,
+  perl-catalyst-devel, perl-catalyst-dispatchtype-regex,
+  perl-catalyst-model-dbic-schema, perl-catalyst-plugin-accesslog,
+  perl-catalyst-plugin-authentication, perl-catalyst-plugin-captcha,
+  perl-catalyst-plugin-configloader, perl-catalyst-plugin-session,
+  perl-catalyst-plugin-session-state-cookie,
+  perl-catalyst-plugin-session-store-fastmmap, perl-catalyst-plugin-stacktrace,
+  perl-catalyst-plugin-static-simple, perl-catalyst-runtime,
+  perl-catalyst-traitfor-request-proxybase, perl-catalyst-view-download,
+  perl-catalyst-view-json, perl-catalyst-view-tt,
+  perl-catalystx-component-traits, perl-catalystx-roleapplicator,
+  perl-catalystx-script-server-starman, perl-cgi-simple, perl-cgi-struct,
+  perl-class-accessor, perl-class-accessor-chained, 
perl-class-accessor-grouped,
+  perl-class-c3, perl-class-c3-adopt-next, perl-class-c3-componentised,
+  perl-class-data-inheritable, perl-class-date, perl-class-factory-util,
+  perl-class-inspector, perl-class-load, perl-class-load-xs,
+  perl-class-method-modifiers, perl-class-methodmaker, perl-class-singleton,
+  perl-class-tiny, perl-class-unload, perl-class-xsaccessor, perl-common-sense,
+  perl-compress-raw-bzip2, perl-compress-raw-zlib, perl-config-any,
+  perl-config-autoconf, perl-config-general, perl-context-preserve,
+  perl-cpan-meta, perl-cpan-meta-check, perl-cpan-meta-requirements,
+  perl-cpan-meta-yaml, perl-cpanel-json-xs, perl-crypt-randpasswd,
+  perl-data-dump, perl-data-dumper-concise, perl-data-optlist, perl-data-page,
+  perl-data-stream-bulk, perl-data-tumbler, perl-data-visitor, perl-date-calc,
+  perl-date-calc-xs, perl-datetime, perl-datetime-event-ical,
+  perl-datetime-event-recurrence, perl-datetime-format-builder,
+  perl-datetime-format-flexible, perl-datetime-format-http,
+  perl-datetime-format-ical, perl-datetime-format-natural,
+  perl-datetime-format-strptime, perl-datetime-locale, perl-datetime-set,
+  perl-datetime-timezone, perl-datetimex-easy, perl-dbd-pg, perl-dbix-class,
+  perl-dbix-class-cursor-cached, perl-dbix-class-introspectablem2m,
+  perl-dbix-class-schema-loader, perl-devel-caller, perl-devel-checkbin,
+  perl-devel-globaldestruction, perl-devel-lexalias, perl-devel-overloadinfo,
+  perl-devel-partialdump, perl-devel-stacktrace, perl-devel-stacktrace-ashtml,
+  perl-devel-symdump, perl-digest-hmac, perl-digest-md5-file,
+  perl-dist-checkconflicts, perl-email-abstract, perl-email-address,
+  perl-email-date-format, perl-email-messageid, perl-email-mime,
+  perl-email-mime-contenttype, perl-email-mime-encodings, perl-email-sender,
+  perl-email-simple, perl-error, perl-eval-closure, perl-exception-class,
+  perl-exporter-tiny, perl-extutils-config, perl-extutils-helpers,
+  perl-extutils-installpaths, perl-file-changenotify, perl-file-copy-recursive,
+  perl-file-find-rule, perl-file-find-rule-perl, perl-file-homedir,
+  perl-file-remove, perl-file-sharedir, perl-file-sharedir-install,
+  perl-file-slurp, perl-file-temp, perl-gd, perl-gd-securityimage,
+  perl-getopt-long-descriptive, perl-hash-merge, perl-hash-multivalue,
+  perl-html-form, perl-html-lint, perl-html-tree, perl-http-body,
+  perl-http-cookiejar, perl-http-parser, perl-http-parser-xs,
+  perl-http-request-ascgi, perl-http-server-simple, perl-http-tiny,
+  perl-image-magick, perl-import-into, perl-inc-latest, perl-io-compress,
+  perl-io-interactive, perl-io-socket-ip, perl-io-stringy, perl-ipc-run,
+  perl-ipc-sharelite, perl-json, perl-json-any, perl-json-maybexs, 
perl-json-xs,
+  perl-lingua-en-findnumber, perl-lingua-en-inflect,
+  perl-lingua-en-inflect-number, perl-lingua-en-inflect-phrase,
+  perl-lingua-en-number-isordinal, perl-lingua-en-tagger,
+  perl-lingua-en-words2nums, perl-lingua-pt-stemmer, perl-lingua-stem,
+  perl-lingua-stem-fr, perl-lingua-stem-it, perl-lingua-stem-ru,
+  perl-lingua-stem-snowball-da, perl-list-allutils, perl-list-moreutils,
+  perl-lwp-protocol-https, perl-lwp-useragent-determined,
+  perl-memoize-expirelru, perl-mime-types, perl-module-build,
+  perl-module-build-tiny, perl-module-find, perl-module-implementation,
+  perl-module-install, perl-module-runtime, perl-module-runtime-conflicts,
+  perl-module-scandeps, perl-module-util, perl-moo, perl-moose,
+  perl-moosex-emulate-class-accessor-fast, perl-moosex-getopt,
+  perl-moosex-markasmethods, perl-moosex-methodattributes, 
perl-moosex-nonmoose,
+  perl-moosex-params-validate, perl-moosex-relatedclassroles,
+  perl-moosex-role-parameterized, perl-moosex-role-withoverloading,
+  perl-moosex-semiaffordanceaccessor, perl-moosex-strictconstructor,
+  perl-moosex-traits-pluggable, perl-moosex-types, perl-moosex-types-datetime,
+  perl-moosex-types-datetime-morecoercions, perl-moosex-types-loadableclass,
+  perl-moox-types-mooselike, perl-mro-compat, perl-namespace-autoclean,
+  perl-namespace-clean, perl-net-amazon-s3, perl-net-server,
+  perl-number-compare, perl-object-signature, perl-package-anon,
+  perl-package-deprecationmanager, perl-package-stash, perl-package-stash-xs,
+  perl-padwalker, perl-par-dist, perl-params-util, perl-params-validate,
+  perl-parent, perl-parse-cpan-meta, perl-path-class, perl-plack,
+  perl-plack-middleware-fixmissingbodyinredirect,
+  perl-plack-middleware-methodoverride,
+  perl-plack-middleware-removeredundantbody, 
perl-plack-middleware-reverseproxy,
+  perl-plack-test-externalserver, perl-pod-coverage,
+  perl-posix-strftime-compiler, perl-readonly, perl-role-tiny, perl-safe-isa,
+  perl-scalar-list-utils, perl-scope-guard, perl-set-infinite, perl-set-scalar,
+  perl-snowball-norwegian, perl-snowball-swedish, perl-spiffy,
+  perl-sql-abstract, perl-sql-splitstatement, perl-sql-tokenizer,
+  perl-stream-buffered, perl-strictures, perl-string-camelcase,
+  perl-string-rewriteprefix, perl-string-toidentifier-en, perl-sub-exporter,
+  perl-sub-exporter-progressive, perl-sub-identify, perl-sub-install,
+  perl-sub-name, perl-sub-uplevel, perl-svg, perl-sys-hostname-long,
+  perl-task-weaken, perl-template-timer, perl-template-toolkit,
+  perl-term-encoding, perl-term-progressbar, perl-term-progressbar-quiet,
+  perl-term-progressbar-simple, perl-term-readkey, perl-test-base,
+  perl-test-cleannamespaces, perl-test-differences, perl-test-directory,
+  perl-test-exception, perl-test-fatal, perl-test-harness, perl-test-leaktrace,
+  perl-test-longstring, perl-test-mockobject, perl-test-mocktime,
+  perl-test-most, perl-test-output, perl-test-pod, perl-test-pod-coverage,
+  perl-test-requires, perl-test-sharedfork, perl-test-tcp, perl-test-trap,
+  perl-test-utf8, perl-test-warn, perl-test-warnings, perl-test-without-module,
+  perl-test-writevariants, perl-test-www-mechanize,
+  perl-test-www-mechanize-catalyst, perl-test-www-mechanize-psgi,
+  perl-test-yaml, perl-text-aligner, perl-text-balanced, perl-text-csv,
+  perl-text-diff, perl-text-german, perl-text-glob, perl-text-simpletable,
+  perl-text-table, perl-text-unidecode, perl-throwable, perl-tie-ixhash,
+  perl-tie-toobject, perl-time-duration, perl-time-duration-parse,
+  perl-time-local, perl-time-mock, perl-timedate, perl-tree-simple,
+  perl-tree-simple-visitorfactory, perl-try-tiny, perl-types-serialiser,
+  perl-universal-can, perl-universal-isa, perl-uri-find, perl-uri-ws,
+  perl-variable-magic, perl-www-mechanize, perl-xml-libxml,
+  perl-xml-namespacesupport, perl-xml-sax, perl-xml-sax-base, perl-yaml,
+  perl-yaml-tiny, ploticus, polipo, portaudio, pumpa, python-apsw,
+  python-biopython, python-cssselect, python-dbus, python-decorator,
+  python-drmaa, python-h5py, python-lxml, python-netifaces, python-networkx,
+  python-pyxdg, python-pyyaml, python-requests, python-scikit-learn,
+  python-singledispatch, python-sphinx-rtd-theme, python-sympy, python-testlib,
+  python-tornado, python-urwid, python-waf, python2-apsw,
+  python2-backport-ssl-match-hostname, python2-biopython, python2-bx-python,
+  python2-cssselect, python2-cssutils, python2-dbus, python2-decorator,
+  python2-drmaa, python2-h5py, python2-lxml, python2-netifaces,
+  python2-networkx, python2-pbcore, python2-pil, python2-pybedtools,
+  python2-pycairo, python2-pyxdg, python2-pyyaml, python2-rdflib, python2-rsvg,
+  python2-scikit-learn, python2-singledispatch, python2-six,
+  python2-sphinx-rtd-theme, python2-sympy, python2-testlib, python2-tornado,
+  python2-urwid, python2-waf, python2-xlib, quvi, r, rdesktop, recode, rep-gtk,
+  rseqc, rsound, rubberband, ruby-hoe, rxvt-unicode, s2tc, sawfish, sbcl, 
seqan,
+  serd, serf, sfml, shogun, sloccount, smartmontools, snakemake, soil, solfege,
+  sord, soundtouch, soxr, sra-tools, sratom, srt2vtt, star, starman, stow,
+  subread, suil, suitesparse, swt, sysfsutils, sysfsutils, taskwarrior, tbb,
+  terminology, tesseract-ocr, texlive-bin, texlive-texmf, the-silver-searcher,
+  tidy, tig, timidity++, tocc, totem-pl-parser, tree, tuxguitar, tvtime,
+  twolame, txt2man, unqlite, upower, utf8proc, vamp, vapoursynth, vcftools,
+  vigra, wavpack, webkitgtk, webkitgtk, weex, wicd, wpa-supplicant-light,
+  wxwidgets, wxwidgets, xbindkeys, xcape, xdg-utils, xf86-input-libinput,
+  xf86-input-wacom, xf86-video-nouveau, xfce, xmp, xosd, xournal, xvid, 
zathura,
+  zathura-cb, zathura-djvu, zathura-pdf-poppler, zathura-ps, zeromq,
+  zita-alsa-pcmi, zita-convolver
+
+  *** 189 package updates
+
+  acpica-20150410, apl-1.5, apr-1.5.2, arb-2.3.0, at-spi2-atk-2.16.0,
+  at-spi2-core-2.16.0, atk-2.16.0, autogen-5.18.5, bison-3.0.4, boost-1.57.0,
+  cairo-1.14.2, ccrtp-2.1.2, check-0.9.14, clang-3.6.0, cmake-3.2.2,
+  complexity-1.2, cups-filters-1.0.68, curl-7.42.1, dbus-1.8.16,
+  dbus-glib-0.104, dejagnu-1.5.3, docbook-xml-4.4, docbook-xml-4.5,
+  e2fsck-static-1.42.12, e2fsprogs-1.42.12, ed-1.11, eigen-3.2.4,
+  elfutils-0.161, emacs-24.5, emacs-no-x-toolkit-24.5, exo-0.10.3, 
ffmpeg-2.6.2,
+  fish-2.1.2, flac-1.3.1, flint-2.4.5, fltk-1.3.3, freetype-2.5.5, 
garcon-0.4.0,
+  gcc-5.1.0, gcc-toolchain-5.1.0, gdb-7.9, geiser-0.7, glib-2.44.0, glibc-2.21,
+  glibc-2.21, glibc-stripped-tarball-2.21, glibmm-2.44.0, global-6.4,
+  gnome-desktop-3.16.0, gnome-icon-theme-3.12.0, gnome-themes-standard-3.16.0,
+  gnu-pw-mgr-1.3, gnubik-2.4.2, gnumach-headers-1.5, gnunet-0.10.1,
+  gnupg-1.4.19, gnupg-2.0.27, gnupg-2.1.4, gnutls-3.4.0,
+  gobject-introspection-1.44.0, gpgme-1.5.4, gsettings-desktop-schemas-3.16.0,
+  gst-plugins-base-1.4.5, gst-plugins-good-1.4.5, gstreamer-1.4.5, gtk+-3.16.2,
+  gtkmm-2.24.4, gtkmm-3.16.0, guile-ssh-0.7.2, guix-0.8.1, guix-0.8.1.fc34dee,
+  help2man-1.46.6, httpd-2.4.12, hurd-headers-0.6, icecat-31.6.0-gnu1,
+  icu4c-55.1, imagemagick-6.9.0-4, imlib2-1.4.7, inetutils-1.9.3, 
inkscape-0.91,
+  isc-dhcp-4.3.1, itstool-2.0.2, kbd-2.0.2, libgcrypt-1.6.3, libgpg-error-1.18,
+  libidn-1.30, libltdl-2.4.6, libmicrohttpd-0.9.40, libmikmod-3.3.7,
+  libotr-4.1.0, libsigc++-2.4.1, libtasn1-4.5, libtool-2.4.6,
+  libunistring-0.9.5, libuv-1.4.2, libvorbis-1.3.5, libxfce4ui-4.12.0,
+  libxfce4util-4.12.1, libxfont-1.5.1, lightning-2.1.0, linux-libre-4.0.2,
+  linux-libre-headers-3.14.37, llvm-3.6.0, lua-5.2.3, man-pages-3.82,
+  mesa-10.5.4, mig-1.5, minetest-0.4.12, moe-1.7, mpc-1.0.3, mpd-0.19.9,
+  mu-0.9.12, nano-2.4.1, ncmpcpp-0.6.2, nettle-3.1, nginx-1.8.0, node-0.12.2,
+  notmuch-0.19, nspr-4.10.8, nss-3.18, ntp-4.2.8p2, ocrad-0.25, octave-3.8.2,
+  openconnect-7.05, openjpeg-2.0.1, openjpeg-2.1.0, openldap-2.4.40,
+  openssh-6.8p1, openssl-1.0.2a, pangomm-2.36.0, parallel-20150422,
+  pari-gp-2.7.3, patch-2.7.5, perf-4.0.2, perl-libwww-6.13, perl-net-http-6.07,
+  perl-net-ssleay-1.68, perl-test-simple-1.001014, perl-uri-1.67,
+  pinentry-0.9.0, pius-2.0.11, podofo-0.9.3, poppler-0.32.0, postgresql-9.3.6,
+  pulseaudio-6.0, python-3.4.3, python-pillow-2.7.0, python-pygobject-3.16.1,
+  python-setuptools-12.1, python-wrapper-3.4.3, python2-dateutil-2.2,
+  python2-pillow-2.7.0, python2-pygobject-3.16.1, python2-setuptools-12.1,
+  qt-5.4.1, ruby-2.2.2, samba-3.6.25, scons-2.3.4, sdl2-2.0.3, 
sharutils-4.15.1,
+  sipwitch-1.9.7, slock-1.2, source-highlight-3.1.8, sqlite-3.8.9,
+  subversion-1.8.13, texinfo-5.2, thunar-1.6.6, thunar-volman-0.8.1,
+  tor-0.2.5.12, tumbler-0.1.31, tzdata-2015c, ucommon-6.3.1, vala-0.28.0,
+  valgrind-3.10.1, vlc-2.2.0, vte-0.40.0, wget-1.16.3, wine-1.7.40,
+  wpa-supplicant-2.4, xboard-4.8.0, xfce4-appfinder-4.12.0, xfce4-panel-4.12.0,
+  xfce4-session-4.12.0, xfce4-settings-4.12.0, xfconf-4.12.0, xfdesktop-4.12.0,
+  xfwm4-4.12.0, xorg-server-1.16.4, xterm-317
+
+  ** Programming interfaces
+
+  *** New (guix build gremlin) to parse and validate ELF dynamic link info
+
+  *** (guix build-system gnu) has a new ‘validate-runpath’ phase
+
+  This phase reads the dynamic entries of ELF files and reports libraries 
listed
+  as NEEDED that are not found in the RUNPATH.
+
+  *** New (gnu services desktop) module and ‘%desktop-services’ variable
+
+  *** New (guix cvs-download) module, for CVS checkouts
+
+  *** New (guix build-system waf) module, for the Waf build system
+
+  *** New (guix build-system haskell) module, to build Haskell packages
+
+  *** (guix build-system gnu) now supports zip archives
+
+  *** New convenience syntax ‘modify-phases’ added in (guix build utils)
+
+  *** The ‘ld’ wrapper more finely determines whether to use ‘-rpath’
+
+  *** (guix gexp) exports ‘gexp-input’ to describe input unambiguously
+
+  *** The ‘define-gexp-compiler’ form allows (guix gexp) to be extended
+
+  *** New ‘local-file’ constructor exported by (guix gexp)
+
+  ** Noteworthy bug fixes
+
+  *** Profiles created with ‘guix package -p’ as indirect GC roots
+
+  Before that they were made permanent GC roots–i.e., uncollectable.
+
+  *** ‘guix package’ distinguishes downgrades from upgrades
+
+  *** Handle HTTP redirects to relative URI references
+      (<http://bugs.gnu.org/19840>)
+
+  *** Downloads now honor the ‘http_proxy’ environment variable
+      (<http://bugs.gnu.org/20402>)
+
+  *** ‘--no-*’ options are now always correctly handled
+      (<http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2015-02/msg00702.html>)
+
+  *** SLiM no longer leaks open file descriptors
+
+  *** Don't compare <pam-service> objects with 'equal?'
+      (<http://bugs.gnu.org/20037>)
+
+  *** x86_64 and i686 bootstrap binaries updated (<http://bugs.gnu.org/19780>)
+
+  *** ‘find-files’ no longer follows symlinks (<http://bugs.gnu.org/20081>)
+
+  *** libc message catalog (‘libc.mo’) is now installed
+
+  *** libstdc++ has appropriate RUNPATH (<http://bugs.gnu.org/20358>)
+
+  *** ‘dhcp-client-service’ now correctly tracks dhclient’s PID
+
+  ** Native language support
+
+  *** New translations: da (Danish)
+
+  *** Updated translations: eo
+
+Please report bugs to address@hidden
+Join address@hidden and #guix on Freenode for discussions.
+
+Thanks to everyone who contributed to this release:
+
+    11 Alex Kost
+     1 Alex Sassmannshausen
+     4 Alexander I.Grafov (Axel)
+   134 Andreas Enge
+    22 Andy Wingo
+     3 Christopher Allan Webber
+     3 Cyril Roelandt
+     5 David Hashe
+    41 David Thompson
+   365 Eric Bavier
+    37 Federico Beffa
+    12 Jason Self
+   460 Ludovic Courtès
+     3 Manolis Ragkousis
+   182 Mark H Weaver
+     2 Mathieu Lirzin
+    16 Paul van der Walt
+     1 Pierre-Antoine Rault
+   175 Ricardo Wurmus
+     1 Taylan Ulrich B
+    90 Taylan Ulrich Bayırlı/Kammer
+    28 Tomáš Čech
+     1 nebuli
+   146 宋文武
+
+Ludovic, on behalf of the Guix team.
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+We are pleased to announce the next alpha release of GNU Guix, version 0.8.2.
+
+The release comes both with tarballs, which allow you to install it on top of 
a running GNU/Linux system, either 
[http://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/html_node/Requirements.html from 
source] or 
[http://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/html_node/Binary-Installation.html 
from a binaries], and a USB installation image to install the standalone 
[http://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/html_node/System-Installation.html 
Guix System Distribution] (GuixSD).
+
+The highlights for this release include:
+
+* The 
[http://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/html_node/Binary-Installation.html new 
method] to install Guix on a running system from binaries, which can greatly 
simplify installation.
+* GuixSD has new configuration interfaces for things like the 
[http://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/html_node/Name-Service-Switch.html 
name service switch], new 
[http://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/html_node/Services.html service 
definitions], easier 
[http://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/html_node/Using-the-Configuration-System.html
 desktop-style configuration], and many tweaks and fixes.
+* A new 
[http://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/html_node/Invoking-guix-publish.html 
guix publish command] allowing everyone to publish their own binaries.
+* 718 new [http://www.gnu.org/software/guix/package-list.html packages] 
(including "big ones" like GnuCash, IcedTea, and GHC) and 189 package updates
+* Countless [http://bugs.gnu.org/guix bug fixes] and usability improvements.
+
+See http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2015-05/msg00195.html for 
details.
+
+Special thanks go to [http://sirgazil.bitbucket.org/ Luis Felipe López 
Acevedo], the incredible designer of the [http://www.gnu.org/software/guix new 
web site] and GuixSD logo!
+
+== About GNU Guix ==
+
+[http://www.gnu.org/software/guix GNU Guix] is a functional package manager 
for the GNU system.  The Guix System Distribution or GuixSD is an advanced 
distribution of the GNU system that relies on GNU Guix and 
[http://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html respects 
the user's freedom].
+
+In addition to standard package management features, Guix supports 
transactional upgrades and roll-backs, unprivileged package management, 
per-user profiles, and garbage collection.  Guix uses low-level mechanisms from 
the Nix package manager, except that packages are defined as native 
[http://www.gnu.org/software/guile Guile] modules, using extensions to the 
[http://schemers.org Scheme] language.  GuixSD offers a declarative approach to 
operating system configuration management, and is  [...]
+
+GuixSD can be used on an i686 or x86_64 machine.  It is also possible to use 
Guix on top of an already installed GNU/Linux system, including on mips64el and 
armv7.