Getting rid of alpha label

Getting rid of alpha label

[Pjotr Prins]

Can we get rid of the alpha status? It suggests packages are in alpha,
which they are not. 

I have already had two different administrators in two environments
claiming that Guix packages can not be deployed on HPC systems because
it is alpha. 

The excuse is too easy ;)

I think GuixSD should be alpha. But it should not be proclaimed on the
main website. Sure there are bugs to be ironed out, but we are
actually better than Debian for the packages that we have.

Pj.

Re: Getting rid of alpha label

[Christopher Allan Webber]

Pjotr Prins writes:

> Can we get rid of the alpha status? It suggests packages are in alpha,
> which they are not. 
>
> I have already had two different administrators in two environments
> claiming that Guix packages can not be deployed on HPC systems because
> it is alpha. 

I thought we were in beta?  That's what the website homepage says now...

Re: Getting rid of alpha label

[Pjotr Prins]

On Wed, Apr 12, 2017 at 10:43:12PM -0500, Christopher Allan Webber wrote:
> I thought we were in beta?  That's what the website homepage says now...

Was I wearing my reading glasses? Even beta we should remove for the
packages.

Pj.
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Re: Getting rid of alpha label

[Ludovic Courtès]

Heya!

Pjotr Prins <pjotr.public12@thebird.nl> skribis:

> Can we get rid of the alpha status? It suggests packages are in alpha,
> which they are not. 
>
> I have already had two different administrators in two environments
> claiming that Guix packages can not be deployed on HPC systems because
> it is alpha. 
>
> The excuse is too easy ;)

I agree.  ;-)

After FOSDEM Ricardo removed the big blue banner that was saying Guix is
alpha/beta.  So now the only mentions of “beta” that are left are:

  1. on the “TEST” button on the home page;
  2. under GuixSD at <https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/download/>.

I think we can remove #1.  Is this what you had in mind?

Cheers,
Ludo’.

Re: Getting rid of alpha label

[Christopher Allan Webber]

Ludovic Courtès writes:

> Heya!
>
> Pjotr Prins <pjotr.public12@thebird.nl> skribis:
>
>> Can we get rid of the alpha status? It suggests packages are in alpha,
>> which they are not. 
>>
>> I have already had two different administrators in two environments
>> claiming that Guix packages can not be deployed on HPC systems because
>> it is alpha. 
>>
>> The excuse is too easy ;)
>
> I agree.  ;-)
>
> After FOSDEM Ricardo removed the big blue banner that was saying Guix is
> alpha/beta.  So now the only mentions of “beta” that are left are:
>
>   1. on the “TEST” button on the home page;
>   2. under GuixSD at <https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/download/>.
>
> I think we can remove #1.  Is this what you had in mind?
>
> Cheers,
> Ludo’.

+1

Re: Getting rid of alpha label

[Ludovic Courtès]

Christopher Allan Webber <cwebber@dustycloud.org> skribis:

> Ludovic Courtès writes:
>
>> Heya!
>>
>> Pjotr Prins <pjotr.public12@thebird.nl> skribis:
>>
>>> Can we get rid of the alpha status? It suggests packages are in alpha,
>>> which they are not. 
>>>
>>> I have already had two different administrators in two environments
>>> claiming that Guix packages can not be deployed on HPC systems because
>>> it is alpha. 
>>>
>>> The excuse is too easy ;)
>>
>> I agree.  ;-)
>>
>> After FOSDEM Ricardo removed the big blue banner that was saying Guix is
>> alpha/beta.  So now the only mentions of “beta” that are left are:
>>
>>   1. on the “TEST” button on the home page;
>>   2. under GuixSD at <https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/download/>.
>>
>> I think we can remove #1.  Is this what you had in mind?
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Ludo’.
>
> +1

Done!

Ludo’.

Re: Getting rid of alpha label

[Pjotr Prins]

On Fri, Apr 14, 2017 at 09:50:01AM -0500, Christopher Allan Webber wrote:
> >   1. on the “TEST” button on the home page;
> >   2. under GuixSD at <https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/download/>.
> >
> > I think we can remove #1.  Is this what you had in mind?
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Ludo’.
> 
> +1

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