doc: Add "Sending a Patch Series" subsection. Searching for `git send-email' took you to the end of `Submitting Patches' section which said You may use your email client or the ‘git send-email’ command. without further warning or remark. * doc/contributing.texi (Sending a Patch Series): Move information about debbugs bug 15361 to subsection. Add git-send-email index entries. (Submitting Patches): Reference it.
system: Create "/etc/hostname". * gnu/system.scm (operating-system-etc-service): Add a plain-file with the operating-system-host-name.
gnu: cuirass: Update development snapshot. * gnu/packages/ci.scm (cuirass): Update to commit 87ad259.
http-client: 'http-client/cached' uses 'If-Modified-Since'. * guix/http-client.scm (http-fetch/cached)[update-cache]: Add 'cache-port' parameter. Check its mtime and compute 'if-modified-since' header accordingly. Guard 'http-get-error?' and honor 304. Adjust callers of 'update-cache'. * guix/gnu-maintenance.scm (ftp.gnu.org-files): Set #:ttl to 15m.
utils: 'current-source-directory' gracefully deals with lack of location info. * guix/utils.scm (current-source-directory): Adjust for when 'syntax-source' returns #f.
gnu: qutebrowser: Update to 0.11.0. * gnu/packages/web-browsers.scm (qutebrowser): Update to 0.11.0.
gnu: gstreamer: Update to 1.12.3. * gnu/packages/gstreamer.scm (gstreamer, gst-plugins-base, gst-plugins-good, gst-plugins-bad, gst-plugins-ugly, gst-libav, python-gst): Update to 1.12.3.
gnu: gdk-pixbuf: Replace with 2.36.10. Fixes CVE-2017-2862, CVE-2017-2870 and CVE-2017-6311. * gnu/packages/gtk.scm (gdk-pixbuf, gdk-pixbuf+svg)[replacement]: New field. (gdk-pixbuf-2.36.10, gdk-pixbuf+svg-2.36.10): New variables.
gnu: freexl: Update to 1.0.4 [fixes CVE-2017-2923 and CVE-2017-2924]. * gnu/packages/xml.scm (freexl): Update to 1.0.4.
gnu: newsbeuter: Fix CVE-2017-14500. * gnu/packages/syndication.scm (newsbeuter)[source]: Add patch. * gnu/packages/patches/newsbeuter-CVE-2017-14500.patch: New file. * gnu/local.mk (dist_patch_DATA): Register it.
gnu: tor: Update to 0.3.0.11 [fixes CVE-2017-0380]. * gnu/packages/tor.scm (tor): Update to 0.3.0.11.
gnu: youtube-dl: Update to 2017.09.15. * gnu/packages/video.scm (youtube-dl): Update to 2017.09.15.
gnu: httpd: Patch "options bleed" [fixes CVE-2017-9798]. * gnu/packages/patches/httpd-CVE-2017-9798.patch: New file. * gnu/packages/web.scm (httpd)[source]: Use it. * gnu/local.mk (dist_patch_DATA): Add it.
system: Define 'DICPATH' in /etc/profile. * gnu/system.scm (operating-system-etc-service) <profile>: Define 'DICPATH'.
gnu: r-rcas: Add missing inputs. * gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm (r-rcas)[propagated-inputs]: Add r-pbapply.
gnu: r-energy: Update to 1.7-2. * gnu/packages/cran.scm (r-energy): Update to 1.7-2.
gnu: r-glmnet: Update to 2.0-12. * gnu/packages/statistics.scm (r-glmnet): Update to 2.0-12.
gnu: r-lambda-r: Update to 1.2. * gnu/packages/statistics.scm (r-lambda-r): Update to 1.2.
gnu: r-gridextra: Update to 2.3. * gnu/packages/statistics.scm (r-gridextra): Update to 2.3.
gnu: r-dplyr: Update to 0.7.3. * gnu/packages/statistics.scm (r-dplyr): Update to 0.7.3.