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(begin
(use-modules (srfi srfi-19))
`((title .
"GNU\xa0Guix and GuixSD\xa00.11.0 released")
(author . "Ludovic Courtès")
(date unquote (make-date 0 0 0 0 3 8 2016 7200))
(content
div
(p "It is a pleasure to announce the new beta release of GNU\xa0Guix and GuixSD, version 0.11.0!"
(br))
(p "The release comes with USB installation images to install the standalone "
(a (@ (href "https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/html_node/System-Installation.html"))
"GuixSD")
", and with tarballs to install the package manager on top of your GNU/Linux distro, either "
(a (@ (href "https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/html_node/Requirements.html"))
"from source")
" or "
(a (@ (href "https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/html_node/Binary-Installation.html"))
"from binaries")
". "
(br))
(p "It’s been 4 months since the previous release, during which 70 people contributed code and packages. The highlights include:"
(br))
(ul (li "New GuixSD system services, including an "
(a (@ (href "https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/html_node/Scheduled-Job-Execution.html"))
"mcron service")
", a "
(a (@ (href "https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/html_node/Networking-Services.html"))
"Dropbear SSH service")
", and a "
(a (@ (href "https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/html_node/Various-Services.html#Dictionary-Services"))
"Dico dictionary service")
".\n")
(li "Infrastructure for "
(a (@ (href "/software/guix/news/guixsd-system-tests.html"))
"whole-system tests")
".\n")
(li "Compression support for "
(a (@ (href "https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/html_node/Invoking-guix-publish.html"))
"guix publish")
".\n")
(li "An Emacs mode to "
(a (@ (href "https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/html_node/Emacs-Package-Locations.html"))
"browse package definition locations")
".\n")
(li "GuixSD support for "
(a (@ (href "https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/html_node/Mapped-Devices.html"))
"RAID devices")
".\n")
(li (a (@ (href "https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/packages/"))
"484 new packages")
", 678 package updates notably glibc\xa02.23 and linux-libre\xa04.7, as well as several "
(a (@ (href "https://reproducible-builds.org"))
"bit-reproducibility")
" issues fixed\n")
(li "Assorted improvements to all the "
(a (@ (href "https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/html_node/Utilities.html"))
"tool set")
", many "
(a (@ (href "https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/pkgreport.cgi?pkg=guix#_4_2_5"))
"bug fixes")
" and improvements to the manual!\n"))
(p "See "
(a (@ (href "https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2016-08/msg00219.html"))
"https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2016-08/msg00219.html")
" for details."
(br))
(h4 "About GNU Guix")
(p (a (@ (href "http://www.gnu.org/software/guix"))
"GNU Guix")
" is a transactional 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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