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(begin
(use-modules (srfi srfi-19))
`((title . "GNU Guix 0.8 released")
(author . "Ludovic Courtès")
(date unquote
(make-date 0 0 0 0 18 11 2014 3600))
(content
div
(p "We are pleased to announce the next alpha release of GNU Guix, version 0.8."
(br))
(p "The release comes both with a source tarball, which allows you to install it "
(a (@ (href "http://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/html_node/Installation.html"))
"on top a running GNU/Linux system")
", and a USB installation image to install the "
(a (@ (href "http://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/html_node/System-Installation.html"))
"standalone operating system")
"."
(br))
(p "The highlights for this release include:"
(br))
(ul (li "A new "
(a (@ (href "http://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/html_node/Invoking-guix-environment.html"))
"guix environment")
" command for the bookkeeping and reproduction of development environments.\n")
(li "An "
(a (@ (href "http://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/html_node/Emacs-Interface.html"))
"Emacs user interface")
" as an alternative to the "
(a (@ (href "http://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/html_node/Invoking-guix-package.html"))
"command-line interface")
" for package management.\n")
(li "An "
(a (@ (href "http://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/html_node/Security-Updates.html"))
"experimental mechanism")
" for faster deployment of security updates.\n")
(li "operating-system declarations can now "
(a (@ (href "http://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/html_node/operating_002dsystem-Reference.html"))
"specify")
" swap devices, "
(a (@ (href "http://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/html_node/Mapped-Devices.html"))
"mapped devices")
", firmware, and more.\n")
(li "More developer tools, notably "
(a (@ (href "http://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/html_node/Invoking-guix-lint.html"))
"guix lint")
" and "
(a (@ (href "http://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/html_node/Invoking-guix-import.html"))
"guix import")
".\n")
(li "162 packages have been added, with more than 100 package updates.\n"))
(p "See the "
(a (@ (href "http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2014-11/msg00379.html"))
"original announcement")
" for details."
(br))
(h4 "About GNU Guix")
(p (a (@ (href "http://www.gnu.org/software/guix"))
"GNU Guix")
" is the functional package manager for the GNU system, and a distribution thereof."
(br))
(p "In addition to standard package management features, Guix supports transactional upgrades and roll-backs, unprivileged package management, per-user profiles, and garbage collection. It also offers a declarative approach to operating system configuration management. Guix uses low-level mechanisms from the Nix package manager, with Guile Scheme programming interfaces."
(br))
(p "At this stage the distribution 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."
(br)))))
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