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On Fri, Jul 22, 2016 at 04:06:56AM +0200, Pjotr Prins wrote:
> A provocation: because of purism GNU Guix takes an elitist approach.
> 
> I am thinking that we need another project because it appears to be
> impossible to combine low threshold with GNU Guix goals.
> 
> How about Alt-Guix, a packaging effort without opinion. As long as a
> package builds it gets accepted. This can act as an incubator for main
> line. There will be no purist views on syntax, layout, license, github
> etc. The whole idea is to build on each others shoulders and anything
> that starts is a great contribution. 

Personally, I'm sympathetic to the idea, although I'd rather see how far
we can improve our processes to make them as easy as possible without
sacrificing quality. But, if this does become a thing, I hope the
license will be compatible so that parts can be merged into GNU Guix
when they are ready.

Otherwise, the problem of duplication that you mentioned earlier will be
really bad.