From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Germ=E1n_Arias?= Subject: Re: GNU Guix 0.2 released Date: Thu, 16 May 2013 01:29:41 -0600 Message-ID: References: <871u98d3pq.fsf@invergo.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Generated by Pantomime 1.2.0) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:60693) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UcsdF-0005Vw-Q3 for bug-guix@gnu.org; Thu, 16 May 2013 03:29:48 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UcsdC-0003mC-AW for bug-guix@gnu.org; Thu, 16 May 2013 03:29:45 -0400 Received: from mail-gg0-x22f.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4002:c02::22f]:35157) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UcsdC-0003lw-7P for bug-guix@gnu.org; Thu, 16 May 2013 03:29:42 -0400 Received: by mail-gg0-f175.google.com with SMTP id k6so550394ggd.20 for ; Thu, 16 May 2013 00:29:41 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <871u98d3pq.fsf@invergo.net> 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: Brandon Invergo Cc: guile-user@gnu.org, bug-guix@gnu.org On 2013-05-15 02:53:05 -0600 Brandon Invergo wrote= : > Hi Germ=E1n, >=20 >> Currently I'm testing GSRC on my PC. So, my question is: What is the >> difference between Guix and GSRC? Regards. >=20 > 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. >=20 > Guix, on the other hand, is a full package manager that will eventuall= y > form the foundation of a GNU distribution. It has far more features a= s > a package manager, including some really novel ones that go above and > beyond the usual package management functionality (better to let Ludov= ic > 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. >=20 > 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. >=20 > 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). >=20 > I think that just about sums it up but I welcome other comments. :) >=20 > Cheers, >=20 > Brandon >=20 Well I think that a system to easy install will be appreciated by the fi= nal users. Especially if it helps with find/install the requirements. There = are packages like gnustep-gui or octave that can be succesfully installed with a lot = of missed functionalities if the user don't care about the recomended requi= rements. And not all people out there that want use a gnu package are programmers= . So I think GSRC can help people in this way. Regards. Germ=E1n.