Hi Giovanni, On Sat, 16 Sep 2023 at 09:33, Giovanni Biscuolo <g...@xelera.eu> wrote:
> since I already replied you offline please forgive me for any > repetitions, but later I realized a better comment to your metaphore > (see below) could be useful to other people. Since your offlist comment is more or less about the same idea, let me paste my answer. :-) First, Guix is done by volunteers and is not an “industrial food company”. :-) Being done by volunteers does not mean low-quality – Guix is probably better than many products done by professionals ;-). Instead, done by volunteers implies other mechanisms than the ones used in “industrial food company”. Second, I think we all agree with: we all have or had to read some documentation and have to make some trial/error loop before being able to run Guix. That's also all my point, IMHO. :-) As you said elsewhere, complex does not mean complicated. Simple is not necessary easy. Etc. Somehow, Rich Hikey says the obvious in their talk [1] and that’s why the talk speaks to many people, I guess. Rich Hikey makes clear what we already know and had never said explicitly. It is important to remember the message behind, IMHO. >From my point of view, if the Guix community wants to Guix being successful, then we have to work on two directions: 1. Spread the word. 2. Keep easy what should be easy. About #1, it means talks, skill sharing, blog posts, tutorials, documentation, etc. and being pedagogical by showing what Guix is able to offer. About #2, it is where Guix is still a bit weak and we need to work on that part. Although, it is regularly improving. Back to the initial discussion of this thread, which is a tiny stuff in that picture :-) Your answer "it will be documented" focus on #1. That's fine and yes having a good documentation is more than important. My concern is to just say: please do not forget #2. Thanks for the discussion. And thanks for pushing ideas and for pushing how to make them concrete. My final word, the culinary proverb: talk does not cook the rice. :-) I am going to try to cook some rice. ;-) Cheers, simon
