* doc/guix.texi (origin Reference): State that 'patches' is
unconditional.

Fixes <http://bugs.gnu.org/24833>.
Reported by Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>.

* gnu/packages/gl.scm (mesa)[source](patches): Remove.
[native-inputs]: Add conditional "mips-patch" input.
[arguments]: Add conditional 'apply-mips-patch' phase.

* gnu/packages/perl.scm (perl-getopt-long): New variable.

Signed-off-by: Marius Bakke <mbakke@fastmail.com>

* gnu/packages/curl.scm (curl)[replacement]: Update to 7.51.0.
(curl-7.50.3): Replace with ...
(curl-7.51.0): ... this.

* gnu/packages/linux.scm (%linux-libre-version, %linux-libre-hash)
(linux-libre): Update to 4.8.6.

* gnu/packages/linux.scm (linux-libre-4.4): Update to 4.4.30.

* gnu/packages/perl.scm (perl-test-simple): Update to 1.302062.

* gnu/packages/regex.scm (re2): Update to 2016-11-01.

* gnu/packages/admin.scm (isc-dhcp): Update to 4.3.5. Update bundled
'bind' to 9.9.9-P4.

* gnu/packages/linux.scm (iproute2): Update to 4.8.0.
[arguments]: Set Bash completion directory in #:make-flags.

* gnu/packages/game-development.scm (love): Update to 0.10.2.

Fixes <http://bugs.gnu.org/24851>.
Reported by saffronsnail@hushmail.com.

* doc/guix.texi (Initial RAM Disk): Move parenthesis to after "of
QEMU".

* gnu/packages/emacs.scm (emacs-debbugs): Update to 0.12.

* gnu/packages/dns.scm (bind): Update to 9.10.4-P4.

* gnu/packages/package-management.scm (diffoscope): Update to 62.

* gnu/packages/django.scm (python-django, python2-django): Update to 1.10.3.
[source]: Remove patch.
* gnu/packages/patches/python-django-fix-testcase.patch: Delete file.
* gnu/local.mk (dist_patch_DATA): Remove it.

* gnu/packages/search.scm (xapian): Update to 1.4.1.

* gnu/package/haskell.scm (ghc-data-accessor)[source]: Specify hackage
mirror.
(ghc-data-accessor-transformers)[source]: Same.
(ghc-gnuplot)[source]: Same.

* guix/download.scm (%mirrors)[hackage]: Don't use https.

* gnu/packages/patches/icecat-binutils.patch: New patch.
* gnu/local.mk (dist_patch_DATA): Add it.
* gnu/packages/gnuzilla.scm (icecat)[source]: Use it.

* gnu/packages/speech.scm (speech-dispatcher): New variable.

This is a follow-up to 59b20347.

* guix/licenses.scm (define-module): Export fdl1.2+.

* gnu/packages/textutils.scm (dotconf): New variable.

* gnu/packages/engineering.scm (librecad): Update to 2.1.3.

* gnu/packages/qemu.scm (virt-manager)[native-inputs]: Add gtk+:bin.

* gnu/packages/cups.scm (cups-minimal): Update to 2.2.1.
[source]: Use new https://github.com download URL.

* gnu/packages/backup.scm (borg)[native-inputs]: Use python-pytest-2.9.2.

* gnu/packages/python.scm (python-pytest-2.9.2): New variable.

* gnu/packages/cross-base.scm (cross-libc): Use cross-libc-for-target
to determine the correct libc to use.

* gnu/packages/imagemagick.scm (imagemagick): Update to 6.9.6-3.

* gnu/packages/haskell.scm (ghc-gnuplot): New variable.

* gnu/packages/haskell.scm (ghc-utility-ht): New variable.

* gnu/packages/haskell.scm (ghc-data-access-transformers): New variable.

* gnu/packages/haskell.scm (ghc-data-accessor): New variable.

* guix/download.scm [%mirrors]: Add Hackage mirrors.

* gnu/packages/emacs.scm (geiser-next): Re-introduce it.

* gnu/packages/chez.scm (chez-scmutils): New variable.

* gnu/packages/chez.scm (chez-mit): New variable.

* gnu/packages/emacs.scm (haskell-mode): Update to 16.1.
  [inputs]: Add 'emacs-el-search' and 'emacs-stream'.
  [propagated-inputs]: Add 'emacs-dash'.
  [arguments]: Add modules. Adapt 'pre-build' and 'install' phases.