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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/guix.texi | 2 |
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diff --git a/doc/contributing.texi b/doc/contributing.texi index 205c972aea..ca44b3b0b0 100644 --- a/doc/contributing.texi +++ b/doc/contributing.texi @@ -407,12 +407,19 @@ changes). This branch is intended to be merged in @code{master} every 2.5 months or so. @end table -All these branches are tracked by our build farm -and merged into @code{master} once +All these branches are @uref{https://hydra.gnu.org/project/gnu, +tracked by our build farm} and merged into @code{master} once everything has been successfully built. This allows us to fix issues before they hit users, and to reduce the window during which pre-built binaries are not available. +Generally, branches other than @code{master} are considered +@emph{frozen} if there has been a recent evaluation, or there is a +corresponding @code{-next} branch. Please ask on the mailing list or +IRC if unsure where to place a patch. +@c TODO: It would be good with badges on the website that tracks these +@c branches. Or maybe even a status page. + @item @cindex determinism, of build processes @cindex reproducible builds, checking diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index a90af34f80..1ecb110020 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ Copyright @copyright{} 2017 Carlo Zancanaro@* Copyright @copyright{} 2017 Thomas Danckaert@* Copyright @copyright{} 2017 humanitiesNerd@* Copyright @copyright{} 2017 Christopher Allan Webber@* -Copyright @copyright{} 2017 Marius Bakke@* +Copyright @copyright{} 2017, 2018 Marius Bakke@* Copyright @copyright{} 2017 Hartmut Goebel@* Copyright @copyright{} 2017 Maxim Cournoyer@* Copyright @copyright{} 2017, 2018 Tobias Geerinckx-Rice@* |