On 2013-05-15 02:53:05 -0600 Brandon Invergo <bran...@invergo.net> wrote:
> Hi Germán, > >> 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 > Well I think that a system to easy install will be appreciated by the final 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 requirements. 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. Germán.
