From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice Subject: Re: website: say what Guix is at the very top Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2018 19:08:51 +0100 Message-ID: <1e6cee12-07d0-6d08-1dcf-35ce19bdd58d@tobias.gr> References: <87inc0gzoz.fsf@elephly.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:57114) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ebs64-0001qZ-Ch for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 17 Jan 2018 13:06:01 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ebs63-0001my-DK for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 17 Jan 2018 13:06:00 -0500 Received: from tobias.gr ([2001:470:cc92::1]:39202) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ebs63-0001lD-0j for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 17 Jan 2018 13:05:59 -0500 In-Reply-To: <87inc0gzoz.fsf@elephly.net> Content-Language: en-GB 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" To: rekado@elephly.net, guix-devel@gnu.org Ricardo, I don't know who wrote the current intro, but I think it's pretty good. Have you got negative feedback from curious visitors? Ricardo Wurmus wrote on 17/01/18 at 18:30: > Hi Guix, > > on the website it starts right away with a list of features: > “Liberating”, “Dependable”, and “Hackable”. But what is this thing > called Guix? It's not just a list of features. The current intro is: - Liberating. The Guix System Distribution (GuixSD) is an advanced distribution of the GNU operating system developed by the GNU Project—which respects the freedom of computer users. - Dependable. It comes with the GNU Guix package manager, which in addition to standard package management features, supports transactional upgrades and roll-backs, unprivileged package management, per-user profiles, and more. - Hackable. It provides Guile Scheme APIs, including high-level embedded domain-specific languages (EDSLs) to define packages and whole-system configurations. I like the way it mixes description, features, and values without getting lost in marketing-speak. It also breaks up the text into small chunks, which is apparently mandatory on the 'Net. That's not to say there's no room for improvement. Paragraph #1 in particular might be a bit vague and verbose. But who's talking. > We should add a very short paragraph above that list to say what Guix > and GuixSD are. >> What do you think? Hm, what do you suggest? Kind regards, T G-R