From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Brandon Invergo Subject: Re: GNU Guix 0.2 released Date: Wed, 15 May 2013 10:53:05 +0200 Message-ID: <871u98d3pq.fsf@invergo.net> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Return-path: In-Reply-To: (=?utf-8?Q?=22Germ=C3=A1n?= Arias"'s message of "Tue, 14 May 2013 18:56:10 -0600") List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: gnu-system-discuss-bounces+gcgs-gnu-system-discuss=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: gnu-system-discuss-bounces+gcgs-gnu-system-discuss=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: =?utf-8?Q?Germ=C3=A1n?= Arias Cc: gnu-system-discuss@gnu.org, guile-user@gnu.org, nix-dev@cs.uu.nl, bug-guix@gnu.org List-Id: bug-guix.gnu.org --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Germ=C3=A1n, > Currently I'm testing GSRC on my PC. So, my question is: What is the > difference between Guix and GSRC? Regards. GSRC can be thought of as a up-to-date quarterly release of all GNU software. It automates the fetch/configure/build/install procedure and provides the occasional patch when necessary, making it easier to install a GNU package from source. It has light package management features, such as dependency resolution, but it should not be thought of as a package manager. GSRC only provides GNU software so external dependencies must be installed separately by the user. Guix, on the other hand, is a full package manager that will eventually form the foundation of a GNU distribution. It has far more features as a package manager, including some really novel ones that go above and beyond the usual package management functionality (better to let Ludovic explain). The Guix distribution will provide all of the software necessary to have a complete, bootable GNU system, including non-GNU packages. It will also handle all the fun "under-the-hood" stuff like system configuration and initialization, etc. Both can be used on top of an existing distro but when the Guix distro is ready, I will subjectively say that GSRC would be more appropriate for just installing a package or two on top of an existing system. There is certainly some functional overlap, and this topic has come up before as a result, but there remains a conceptual distinction. In fact, I've made changes to GSRC to reinforce this distinction (i.e. removing 3rd-party dependencies). I think that just about sums it up but I welcome other comments. :) Cheers, Brandon =2D-=20 Brandon Invergo http://brandon.invergo.net --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (GNU/Linux) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJRk0zzAAoJEARu3ubrerdNcCYIAM53smNwu/ee4MVJfj5TzIlY 9k6jKfbexHMZWvSDZ3mIbXNFfGp1Jh+ZNNYuRqpPDsH5Lp2eLO42TWLisTw2Npby 6cGB7bf96RxUY+8Zmt9UT+ncybsdl98loyhJcotcBUlsj/FfGxUS5ch2LT298Oea bAbBHNBpN1GDw8OkXwh70Hah6UDbQaMlODxeT5cWCCKbpP3bV1RjLyu5oBMseubj 23vV8SgJh2Nifsrv1L6ZDomxbCcoCGwr9z1W4Z8Zc/HWhwijERYtlRqko4PeMjhh MAD7OvyrzCRWw0aHwRlzRrDRWUGH4cBbPzMlQxdlR+pTr5ffVTLakI+2cntvguU= =yChX -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--