This Week in Guix: 10 July 2026

This issue covers Guix development, package updates, and community discussion from 2026-07-03 through 2026-07-10.

Top Stories

Version 3 Of GCD 008 Available For Review

Version 3 of GCD 008 on generative-AI use in Guix was posted for review, with related discussion in the GCD 008 thread.

Merge Of The Misc-World-Rebuild Branch Requested

A request to merge the misc-world-rebuild branch was discussed on guix-patches.

Development

Device-Tree Schema And Python Bindings Proposed

The pull request gnu: Add dtschema and python-libfdt proposes new dtschema and python-libfdt package definitions in gnu/packages/bootloaders.scm.

Package-Update Automation Discussed

A guix-devel thread discussed automating package updates with inspiration from nixpkgs.

Rust Packaging Cookbook Examples Reported

An issue on Rust packaging examples asks for clarification of examples in the cookbook section on Rust packaging.

Packages

Security-Fix Updates Landed For OpenSSH And X.Org Components

Guix updated OpenSSH to 10.4p1, grafted libXfont2 2.0.8, and updated xorg-server and xorg-server-xwayland with security fixes. Nonguix updated Firefox to 152.0.5.

Community

Managing Nix Packages From Guix Configurations

A r/GUIX post on managing Nix packages in Guix introduced with-nix-profile examples for Guix System and Guix Home declarations; the topic was also raised on guix-devel.

Guix With Systemd Demonstration Shared

A Guix system with systemd demonstration was shared as a project that can be started with guix system vm.

Preview https:// codeberg.org/Z572/guix-systemd -services/ # guix system with systemd Currently it is only a demo and can be started via `guix system vm`. Why do this? Because it's fun.

Reader Submissions

No reader submissions were included this week.