GNU Guix 1.3.0rc1 available for testing!

[Maxim Cournoyer]

Hello Guix!

A first RC for the upcoming 1.3.0 release is now available for testing:

  source:
    https://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/guix/guix-1.3.0rc1.tar.gz

  binary tarball (to install on a “foreign distro”):
    https://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/guix/guix-binary-1.3.0rc1.aarch64-linux.tar.xz
    https://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/guix/guix-binary-1.3.0rc1.armhf-linux.tar.xz
    https://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/guix/guix-binary-1.3.0rc1.i686-linux.tar.xz
    https://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/guix/guix-binary-1.3.0rc1.powerpc64le-linux.tar.xz
    https://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/guix/guix-binary-1.3.0rc1.x86_64-linux.tar.xz

  system installation:
    
https://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/guix/guix-system-install-1.3.0rc1.i686-linux.iso.xz
    
https://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/guix/guix-system-install-1.3.0rc1.x86_64-linux.iso.xz

  virtual machine image:
    
https://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/guix/guix-system-vm-image-1.3.0rc1.x86_64-linux.qcow2.xz

SHA256 hashes:

46525e84d2a1d30a53bb40569de23bb1813b8df78731d09b5eac977818106ea7  
guix-1.3.0rc1.tar.gz
2427e73f5f18c51446174cd230b6dc19c8461838641bec6f66761537e7aa7ad4  
guix-binary-1.3.0rc1.aarch64-linux.tar.xz
89028139d049e1a868d41c5d1155f6b3be1b1b0407d93bfa86b7c713a87c1daf  
guix-binary-1.3.0rc1.armhf-linux.tar.xz
5da4edf9075c87d575d653140b53fe316305f94b58179aa935af223f037b36c2  
guix-binary-1.3.0rc1.i686-linux.tar.xz
f7c2a42f9f48fc6b2d7ba672ed49c3a6fc483cb3fbe261a8a79385b8381205ec  
guix-binary-1.3.0rc1.powerpc64le-linux.tar.xz
3348ec2fd116ed97c1806f8eac777ab2f7cff2b466b7c0dc5c2d1a904e4395f7  
guix-binary-1.3.0rc1.x86_64-linux.tar.xz
429deb5af3a956e7530cd0ed4cab7d5b13a7f1d22a0fe690f6714ab89a846db6  
guix-system-install-1.3.0rc1.i686-linux.iso.xz
a1772a8d08729471e7b1c04ac4d9213f4db077458aeacc59d14ff9f2399357b2  
guix-system-install-1.3.0rc1.x86_64-linux.iso.xz
58ccabbc61cd00d9b1ec1f417360827aa2f8428567f1cfb0a83dc2191e67897e  
guix-system-vm-image-1.3.0rc1.x86_64-linux.qcow2.xz

All these files have an associated ‘.sig’, an OpenPGP signature that you
can verify as explained at
<https://guix.gnu.org/manual/en/html_node/Binary-Installation.html>.

You can help by:

  1. Testing the binary tarball on the distro of your choice.  You can
     download <https://guix.gnu.org/install.sh>.  Uncomment the
     ‘GNU_URL’ variable assignment that refers to alpha.gnu.org and it
     should pick up 1.3.0rc1 automatically.

  2. Testing the graphical installer of Guix System.

  3. Testing the VM image.

In any case, please report success, failure, and annoyances in this
thread.

The remaining outstanding issues, which you can track here [0], are as
follow and affect the installer:

47567 Installer crash in 'uuid->string' for a FAT16 partition
44872 Installer crash: 'uuid->string' is passed #f in lieu of a UUID

If everything goes well, the final release is planned for the 10th of
May, which gives us about a week to test and fix any remaining issues.

Thanks in advance!

Maxim

[0]  http://issues.guix.gnu.org/47297