243 files changed, 39121 insertions, 28631 deletions

diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
index 3a8a77b145..3c7ae6ef6c 100644
--- a/TODO
+++ b/TODO
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #+STARTUP: content hidestars
 
 Copyright © 2012, 2013, 2014 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
+Copyright © 2019 Mathieu Othacehe <m.othacehe@gmail.com>
 
   Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification,
   are permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright
@@ -83,3 +84,38 @@ Problems include that current glibc releases do not build on GNU/Hurd.
 In addition, there haven’t been stable releases of GNU Mach, MiG, and
 Hurd, which would be a pre-condition.
 
+* Installer
+** Fix impossibility to restart on error after cow-store has been started
+See https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2018-12/msg00161.html.
+- Force reboot upon installer failure
+- Unshare the installer process
+- Run the installer process in a separate namespace
+** Partitioning
+*** Add RAID support
+*** Add more partitioning schemes
+The actual schemes are taken from Debian Installer but some are not
+implemented yet: like "Separate partitions for /home /var and /tmp".
+*** Replace wait page "Partition formating is in progress, please wait"
+Create a new waiting page describing what's being done:
+
+[              20%              ]
+Running mkfs.ext4 on /dev/sda2 ...
+
+[              40%              ]
+Running mkfs.ext4 on /dev/sda3 ...
+
+** Desktop environments
+*** Allow for no desktop environments
+Propose to choose between "headless server" and "lightweight X11" in a new
+page.
+*** Add services selection feature
+Add a services page to the configuration. Ask for services to be installed
+like SSH, bluetooth, TLP in a checkbox list?
+** Locale and keymap
+*** Try to guess user locale and keymap by probing BIOS or HW (dmidecode)
+** Timezone
+*** Regroup everything in one single page
+Under the form:
+(UTC + 1) Europe/Paris
+(UTC + 2) Africa/Cairo
+...
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 891fce28ae..5d70de4beb 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -135,6 +135,21 @@ if test "x$have_guile_gcrypt" != "xyes"; then
   AC_MSG_ERROR([Guile-Gcrypt could not be found; please install it.])
 fi
 
+dnl Guile-newt is used by the graphical installer.
+GUILE_MODULE_AVAILABLE([have_guile_newt], [(newt)])
+
+AC_ARG_ENABLE([installer],
+    AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-installer], [Build the graphical installer sources.]))
+
+AS_IF([test "x$enable_installer" = "xyes"], [
+if test "x$have_guile_newt" != "xyes"; then
+  AC_MSG_ERROR([Guile-newt could not be found; please install it.])
+fi
+])
+
+AM_CONDITIONAL([ENABLE_INSTALLER],
+  [test "x$enable_installer" = "xyes"])
+
 dnl Make sure we have a full-fledged Guile.
 GUIX_ASSERT_GUILE_FEATURES([regex posix socket net-db threads])
 
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index 34d0bf32fa..d6148757fe 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi