Nix release schedule and roadmap

[abathur]

@edolstra

…we’ll stabilize master in the next few weeks and then cut a 2.4 release.

…after the Nix 2.4 release, we’ll switch to a 6-weekly release schedule , meaning that we’ll cut a new release from the master branch every 6 weeks.

Great news on both counts, I think.

I’m not sure it needs to be in a milestone or on the roadmap, but since it may help with keeping master release-ready: I’ve been trying to fish around for anyone interested in leveraging the installer test support merged this March to build an installer test suite:

Installer test suite? small project(s), high-leverage, help wanted

@domenkozar landed work in March that establishes basic Nix installer tests on Ubuntu and macOS (how to set them on your fork). This is already a Big Deal in my eyes, but there’s still a lot of low-hanging fruit here. If you know anyone interested in working on (or promoting/boosting) a small high-leverage project, I think this is a good candidate. It has a few distinct bits, so I think a few people could make short work of it without tons of coordination: Add single-user install tests. I…