Re: branch staging updated: gnu: ghc-7: Clean up package definition.

[zimoun]

Dear,

On Tue, 2 Jun 2020 at 22:19, Marius Bakke <marius@gnu.org> wrote:

> Also, we'd have to bother the Savannah admins every time we 'freeze' a
> branch.

However, we could ask to extend the list of tags used by Debbugs.  For
example, by adding the tag 'release-critical' or any other
well-chosen.


> Another option could be to create a tracking bug with a special tag that
> can be displayed by issues.guix.gnu.org.  It could also show any merge
> blockers such as <https://issues.guix.gnu.org/issue/41598> to make it
> easier to contribute.

Yes.  And similar thing could be done for release.  Special subject
string that Mumi could parse to report accordingly on
issues.guix.gnu.org and blocking tags to synchronize.  I already
thought loud like that [1]. :-)

[1] https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2020-04/msg00380.html


All the best,
simon