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(begin
(use-modules (srfi srfi-19))
`((title . "GNU Guix 0.8.3 released")
(author . "Ludovic Courtès")
(date unquote (make-date 0 0 0 0 22 7 2015 7200))
(content
div
(p "We are pleased to announce the next alpha release of GNU Guix, version 0.8.3."
(br))
(p "The release comes with USB installation images to install the standalone "
(a (@ (href "http://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/html_node/System-Installation.html"))
"Guix System Distribution")
" (GuixSD), and with tarballs to install the package manager on top of a running GNU/Linux system, either "
(a (@ (href "http://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/html_node/Requirements.html"))
"from source")
" or "
(a (@ (href "http://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/html_node/Binary-Installation.html"))
"from binaries")
"."
(br))
(p "The highlights for this release include:"
(br))
(ul (li "The ability to "
(em "declare")
" the packages that must be present in your profile, and to pass that to "
(a (@ (href "http://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/html_node/Invoking-guix-package.html#profile_002dmanifest"))
"guix package's new --manifest option")
".\n")
(li (a (@ (href "http://www.gnu.org/software/guix//manual/html_node/Invoking-guix-environment.html"))
"guix environment")
" has a new --ad-hoc option to quickly spawn "
(em "ad hoc")
" development environments.\n")
(li "New tools: "
(a (@ (href "http://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/html_node/Invoking-guix-edit.html"))
"guix edit")
" to open a package recipe, "
(a (@ (href "http://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/html_node/Invoking-guix-size.html"))
"guix size")
" to profile the disk usage of a package and its dependencies, "
(a (@ (href "http://www.gnu.org/software/guix//manual/html_node/Invoking-guix-gc.html"))
"guix gc --verify")
" to check the integrity of the store.\n")
(li (a (@ (href "http://www.gnu.org/software/guix/packages/"))
"179 new packages")
", notably LibreOffice, Coq, and a Guile-Emacs snapshot.\n")
(li "Many "
(a (@ (href "http://bugs.gnu.org/guix"))
"bug fixes")
" and assorted improvements!\n"))
(p "See "
(a (@ (href "http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2015-07/msg00585.html"))
"http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2015-07/msg00585.html")
" for details."
(br))
(h4 "About GNU Guix")
(p (a (@ (href "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 "
(a (@ (href "http://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html"))
"respects the user's freedom")
"."
(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. Guix uses low-level mechanisms from the Nix package manager, except that packages are defined as native "
(a (@ (href "http://www.gnu.org/software/guile"))
"Guile")
" modules, using extensions to the "
(a (@ (href "http://schemers.org")) "Scheme")
" language. GuixSD offers a declarative approach to operating system configuration management, and is highly customizable and hackable."
(br))
(p "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."
(br)))))
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