A big update on 2.110

[Dennis]

On Thursday, 6 March 2025 at 20:33:20 UTC, Dukc wrote:
> Since your box runs NixOS as the host OS, I guess you can pass 
> its `configuration.nix` to the Foundation, so when it comes a 
> time to set up a fourth box someday it should be at least a bit 
> easier.

Indeed, that was one of the reasons I chose NixOS even though I'm 
more experienced with Debian and Arch at the moment: I wanted to 
have a comprehensive and reproducible list of dependencies.

> The only gripe I have is about keeping the users up to date 
> when the release doesn't happen when it was planned to. Why?

I understand. I think this also comes down to the delay in 
communication you get from distributed remote work. Concretely: I 
was on vacation on February 1st, and missed the DLF monthly 
meeting on February 7th. On the 14th I had my bi-weekly check-in 
with Mike and Razvan, and I heard that the 2.110 release 
situation came up in the monthly meeting, and that Robert and 
Iain were working on the changelog generator. I guess at that 
point I could have made an announcement, but I had hardly any 
details. I couldn't tell if it was going to be sorted out next 
week or actually another major delay. It wasn't the top idea in 
my mind either: I had my own work to get back to.

With online correspondence it's so easy for days to pass between 
messages, or even weeks when one party forgets to follow up. It's 
like what Walter always stresses: issues that are going on for 
months can be hashed out at DConf in minutes, where we're all in 
person.