From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Svetlana Tkachenko Subject: Re: New year, new name! Date: Mon, 05 Jan 2015 22:53:42 +1100 Message-ID: <1420458822.3985817.209667961.17AC01AC@webmail.messagingengine.com> References: <87egra60mo.fsf@gnu.org> <87k311v52t.fsf@taylan.uni.cx> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:33368) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Y86EH-0006Ee-Js for guix-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 05 Jan 2015 06:53:54 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Y86EB-00083q-E5 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 05 Jan 2015 06:53:49 -0500 Received: from out1-smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.25]:37694) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Y86EB-00083B-8F for guix-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 05 Jan 2015 06:53:43 -0500 Received: from compute3.internal (compute3.nyi.internal [10.202.2.43]) by mailout.nyi.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC5492082C for ; Mon, 5 Jan 2015 06:53:42 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <87k311v52t.fsf@taylan.uni.cx> List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: guix-devel@gnu.org > I think it deserves such special status over projects such as gNewSense > because GuixDistro is much more under GNU's control than any of those > distros that are "GNUified" as an afterthought. I do not see any way gnu has more control here, other that guix folks are their own downstream. Those who liberate an existing a distro are also free to modify packages or packaging format at discretion, too.. A big part here are oral presentations and pronunciation but I like the guixotic name. To me it sounds well and it reflects the spirit. Svetlana.