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Hello,

Pierre Neidhardt <mail@ambrevar.xyz> skribis:

> Conversely, "Guix CI" is much less widespread, although I suppose many
> developers are familiar with the term.  I personally prefer unique, easy =
names
> to abbreviations.
>
> - The name "Guix CI" tells developers what it is (continuous integration)=
 while
>   "Cuirass" does not.  This is mostly true, however, for almost all appli=
cations
>   (mpv, firefox, chromium, emacs, <add almost everything here>).
>
> - If we get started with Guix CI and Guix OS, I'm afraid that soon enough=
 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=99l=
l 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 obscure=
 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 featu=
res 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.

For Cuirass, I think =E2=80=9CGuix CI=E2=80=9D (or =E2=80=9CGuix Continuous=
=E2=80=9D?) is good enough.
It remains a tool primarily for Guix developers anyway, and a secondary
tool in the Guix toolbox.

Ludo=E2=80=99.