From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)
To: Chris Marusich <cmmarusich@gmail.com>
Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: website: say what Guix is at the very top
Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2018 22:58:58 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87tvv5y7a5.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87fu6qbz5e.fsf@gmail.com> (Chris Marusich's message of "Sat, 27 Jan 2018 16:33:17 -0800")
Hi Chris,
Chris Marusich <cmmarusich@gmail.com> skribis:
> From adf588a9daa73072ad3f1b39581ba5881a6cf780 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Chris Marusich <cmmarusich@gmail.com>
> Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2018 16:31:02 -0800
> Subject: [PATCH] website: Clarify the descriptions of Guix and GuixSD.
>
> * website/apps/base/templates/home.scm: Clarify descriptions.
I’m not convinced by the changes, but that’s also because I think we’re
really fine-tuning very little text, so at some point it gets harder to
move forward. :-)
> + (b "Dependable.")
> + ,(link-yellow
> + #:label "GNU Guix"
> + #:url (manual-url "Package-Management.html"))
> + " is a "
> + ,(link-yellow
> + #:label "purely functional"
> + #:url (manual-url "Introduction.html#index-functional-package-management"))
> + " package management tool. In addition to standard package
> + management features, it supports transactional upgrades
> + and roll-backs, unprivileged package management, per-user profiles, "
> + ,(link-yellow
> + #:label "and more"
> + #:url (manual-url "Features.html"))
> + ".")
It was on purpose that I did not insist on “purely functional.” That’s
obviously the core concept, but I think it’s obscure to many (especially
in this context), whereas “transactional” may make sense for a wider
audience.
> (b "Hackable.")
> - " It provides "
> + " Both Guix and GuixSD provide "
> ,(link-yellow
> #:label "Guile Scheme"
> #:url (gnu-url "software/guile/"))
> " APIs, including high-level embedded domain-specific
> - languages (EDSLs) to "
> + languages (EDSLs) to declaratively "
> ,(link-yellow
> #:label "define packages"
> #:url (manual-url "Defining-Packages.html"))
I’m not sure the extra words are necessary.
Note: I’m probably biased so I’m happy if others can weigh in on these
things!
Ludo’.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-01-28 21:59 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 40+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-01-17 17:30 website: say what Guix is at the very top Ricardo Wurmus
2018-01-17 18:08 ` Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
2018-01-19 8:04 ` Ricardo Wurmus
2018-01-21 17:11 ` Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
2018-01-19 6:09 ` George myglc2 Clemmer
2018-01-19 7:42 ` Ricardo Wurmus
2018-01-19 13:32 ` Ludovic Courtès
2018-01-19 20:35 ` myglc2
2018-01-21 14:47 ` Ricardo Wurmus
2018-01-24 5:54 ` myglc2
2018-01-24 14:24 ` Oleg Pykhalov
2018-01-24 14:22 ` Ludovic Courtès
2018-01-26 23:03 ` myglc2
2018-01-27 16:14 ` Ludovic Courtès
2018-01-27 18:20 ` myglc2
2018-01-27 21:59 ` Pjotr Prins
2018-01-28 16:24 ` Ricardo Wurmus
2018-01-29 4:14 ` myglc2
2018-01-29 7:37 ` Pjotr Prins
2018-01-29 21:31 ` Cook, Malcolm
2018-01-29 22:20 ` Ricardo Wurmus
2018-01-29 22:24 ` Cook, Malcolm
2018-01-30 1:03 ` Ricardo Wurmus
2018-01-30 22:17 ` myglc2
2018-01-30 1:43 ` George myglc2 Clemmer
2018-01-30 2:56 ` Ricardo Wurmus
2018-01-30 7:31 ` Pjotr Prins
2018-01-30 7:46 ` Pjotr Prins
2018-01-31 16:58 ` myglc2
2018-01-31 17:27 ` Pjotr Prins
2018-01-31 18:11 ` myglc2
2018-01-31 18:13 ` Pjotr Prins
2018-01-28 0:35 ` Chris Marusich
2018-01-22 7:04 ` Chris Marusich
2018-01-22 16:43 ` myglc2
2018-03-16 7:14 ` Pjotr Prins
2018-01-24 14:19 ` Ludovic Courtès
2018-01-28 0:33 ` Chris Marusich
2018-01-28 21:58 ` Ludovic Courtès [this message]
2018-01-29 2:08 ` Chris Marusich
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