From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?=) Subject: Re: Distro name Date: Wed, 02 Jan 2013 22:42:22 +0100 Message-ID: <87d2xn8doh.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87zk0r8nv4.fsf@gnu.org> <87sj6jjmmv.fsf@dpaduchikh.invalid> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:47983) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TqW4w-00079A-JI for bug-guix@gnu.org; Wed, 02 Jan 2013 16:42:27 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TqW4v-0003Rb-1p for bug-guix@gnu.org; Wed, 02 Jan 2013 16:42:26 -0500 Received: from mail4-relais-sop.national.inria.fr ([192.134.164.105]:55150) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TqW4u-0003Qt-Ry for bug-guix@gnu.org; Wed, 02 Jan 2013 16:42:24 -0500 In-Reply-To: <87sj6jjmmv.fsf@dpaduchikh.invalid> (Dmitri Paduchikh's message of "Thu, 03 Jan 2013 03:33:28 +0600") List-Id: Bug reports for GNU Guix List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-guix-bounces+gcggb-bug-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: bug-guix-bounces+gcggb-bug-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Dmitri Paduchikh Cc: bug-guix@gnu.org Dmitri Paduchikh skribis: > Ludovic Court=C3=A8s wrote: > >> The (distro ...) name for modules of the distro wasn=E2=80=99t meant to = last. >> Initially, I thought we could find a name for the distro, and substitute >> that name to =E2=80=9Cdistro=E2=80=9D. Possible names: > >> =E2=80=A2 Jinn, as in =E2=80=9CJinn is not Nixpkgs/NixOS=E2=80=9D; >> =E2=80=A2 Guixotic, as Guix + Exotic (suggested by RMS). > > These seem rather baroque to me. Especially the reference to nixpkgs in > such a context. The name "Unix" is pretty much widespread so the > abbreviation "GNU" can be seen as ingenious. nixpkgs is much less known > and hence this looks weird, IMHO. Right, but the meaning doesn=E2=80=99t have to be explained all the time, esp. since jinn is also a noun. > I would propose Guix World as a externally visible name, and just world > or distro for internal namespace usage. Hmm. >> However, I=E2=80=99ve come to think that we don=E2=80=99t necessarily ne= ed a separate >> name for the distro, but we do need a name for the module name space. > > It would be good to have name for distro. How would you refer to it > otherwise? Guix? >> The obvious solution would be (gnu ...). There=E2=80=99d be modules like >> (gnu packages openssl), which does not mean that OpenSSL is a GNU >> package, but I think that should be clear in this context. Anyway, >> that=E2=80=99s the option that I like the most currently. > > It may be clear, but your example demonstrates internal inconsistency of > such naming. Is Guix intended for GNU software only? If not, then be > fair to all the others. ;) The Guile module name space is different from the actual software names, so I=E2=80=99m not too worried actually. Thanks for your feedback! Ludo=E2=80=99.