From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Adam Pribyl Subject: Re: New year, new name! Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2015 11:35:52 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: References: <87egra60mo.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: MULTIPART/MIXED; BOUNDARY="-1463811484-894508308-1420454152=:24585" Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:48683) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Y850w-0007dw-L3 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 05 Jan 2015 05:35:59 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Y850t-00005G-0V for guix-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 05 Jan 2015 05:35:58 -0500 Received: from sandbox.cz ([87.236.197.188]:57468 helo=mx.sandbox.cz) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Y850s-000052-QM for guix-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 05 Jan 2015 05:35:54 -0500 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sandbox.cz (Postfix) with ESMTP id BCC743820A for ; Mon, 5 Jan 2015 11:35:52 +0100 (CET) In-Reply-To: <87egra60mo.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-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Cc: guix-devel This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. ---1463811484-894508308-1420454152=:24585 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, 4 Jan 2015, Ludovic Court=C3=A8s wrote: > Hi, Guix! > > As you know, we=E2=80=99ve been having this lengthy discussion about wh= at to > call the Guix-based standalone distro. RMS and others have argued that > we can=E2=80=99t reasonably call it =E2=80=9Cthe GNU system=E2=80=9D, a= nd many people have > proposed alternative names. > > Long story short, I=E2=80=99m tempted to refer to the standalone distro= as > =E2=80=9CGuixotic=E2=80=9D. The name was proposed by RMS; it=E2=80=99s= a play on words that > makes fun of criticisms that have depicted the GNU project as > =E2=80=9Cquixotic=E2=80=9D. And it has the advantage of starting with = =E2=80=9CGuix=E2=80=9D. (The > other name that I liked is =E2=80=9CGeist=E2=80=9D, which someone propo= sed on IRC, but > it lacks those traits.) Well well, ok. I think this is good, as it caused a lot of confusion. > Ludo=E2=80=99. Adam Pribyl ---1463811484-894508308-1420454152=:24585--