From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: George Clemmer Subject: Re: Roadmap for =?utf-8?Q?Guix=C2=A01=2E0?= Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2018 11:36:29 -0400 Message-ID: <87bm9jzx1e.fsf@gmail.com> References: <878t5udq9u.fsf@gnu.org> <20180730012352.k56ka6psrtsofjv2@thebird.nl> <3950fd65549969614ebbcd16ed974f26@hypermove.net> <875zzsdqm2.fsf@ambrevar.xyz> <87wos8xdqm.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:55057) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fvPCe-00076M-KS for guix-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 30 Aug 2018 11:49:51 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fvOzs-0008Nx-Il for guix-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 30 Aug 2018 11:36:37 -0400 In-reply-to: <87wos8xdqm.fsf@gnu.org> 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: Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?= Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org, Guix-devel Hi, Ludovic Court=C3=A8s writes: > Hello, > > Pierre Neidhardt skribis: > >> - If we get started with Guix CI and Guix OS, I'm afraid that soon enoug= h we >> will end up with a bunch Guix FS, Guix IP, Guix CD... > > I think =E2=80=9CGuix System=E2=80=9D is OK. Most of the time we=E2=80= =99ll just say =E2=80=9CGuix=E2=80=9D, as > is already the case, and when we need to disambiguate (for instance when > addressing bugs), we=E2=80=99ll ask =E2=80=9CAre you using Guix System?= =E2=80=9D or =E2=80=9CAre you > using the Guix distro?=E2=80=9D, and everything will be fine. :-) > > The motivation for this name change is that =E2=80=9CSD=E2=80=9D is obscu= re to most, as > you note, plus it creates confusion when people visit the web site: the > web site has a =E2=80=9CGuixSD=E2=80=9D logo, but then it talks about fea= tures of the > package manager. Designating the whole tool set as =E2=80=9CGuix=E2=80= =9D will simplify > this, and we can always be more specific when we need to. This is good because it declutters the Guix-Verse for new users. I suggest that the distinction between GuixOS, package manager, QEMU image, and source can be re-positioned as download options. We could simplify the choice of these by improving the download page. For example ... 1) We could simplify the download labels/descriptions, e.g., "GuixSD 0.15.0 QEMU Image QCOW2 virtual machine (VM) image. Download options: x86_64" ... might become ... "x86_64 VM (GuixSD 0.15.0 QEMU Image QCOW2 virtual machine image)" 2) We could add a feature check list that helps with download selection. With such changes the support question is: what did you download? IMO it would be desirable to pick a single term for each download option and use it obsessively throughout the site and doc. This small thing can be quite helpful to a noob because it eliminates any confusion that might be caused by multiple terms meaning the same thing. So, IMO we should settle on only one of Guix System, GuixSD, GuixOS, or maybe "Guix bare metal". - George