From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Vincent Legoll Subject: Re: Roadmap for Guix 1.0 Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2018 17:45:18 +0200 Message-ID: References: <878t5udq9u.fsf@gnu.org> <20180730012352.k56ka6psrtsofjv2@thebird.nl> <3950fd65549969614ebbcd16ed974f26@hypermove.net> <875zzsdqm2.fsf@ambrevar.xyz> <87wos8xdqm.fsf@gnu.org> <87k1o89flh.fsf@elephly.net> <87a7p3zmzu.fsf@gmail.com> <877ek6lijk.fsf@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:56842) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fvlc5-000678-Iz for guix-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 31 Aug 2018 11:45:34 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fvlc4-0003Lq-T9 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 31 Aug 2018 11:45:33 -0400 In-Reply-To: <877ek6lijk.fsf@gmail.com> 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: myglc2 Cc: guix-devel , guix-devel-bounces+amirouche=hypermove.net@gnu.org Hello, I was refraining to answer, but this: On Fri, Aug 31, 2018 at 4:29 PM George Clemmer wrote: > I think this discussion was primarily triggered by the realization that > we can improve the top-level presentation of Guix by downplaying the > distinction between Guix and GuixSD. In fact, we could delay the > introduction of Guix/GuixSD to the download page. > > A more informative download page might look like: > > Use Guix to manage ... > > entire computers: GuixSD download options: x86_64 i686 > > VMs: download options: GuixSD x86_64-QEMU-image > > GNU/Linux user environments: Guix download options: x86_64, i686, armhf, > aarch64 > > Here we see the primary purpose of the Guix/GuixSD labels is to identify > the different download options and to enable the user to find the > correct install instructions and doc sections for whatever they > download. > > GuixSD doesn't necessarily need to be changed. But the issue has been > raised, as mentioned above, that because "SD" is not a recognized > abbreviation "GuixSD" carries no intuitive meaning. If we want an > improved label for the Guix system distribution, the best one is > probably "GuixOS" since "OS" is a widely used and recognized > abbreviation ... Is exactly my opinion also, so it gets a +1 Bye -- Vincent Legoll