Re: Proposal: Differentiate products more clearly (Cycle 01)
Hi, On Thu, 12 Oct 2023 at 21:23, Luis Felipe wrote: >> While the -ix and -ux endings have long traditions in the operating >> system space, the Guix name is already trademarked by someone else for >> that kind of software. [2] [...] >> [2] >> https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=87948650&caseType=SERIAL_NO&searchType=statusSearch > > Hmm, I've heard about this trademark issue before... I'm not sure, but I > think the subject was planned/proposed for discussion during the ten > years of GNU Guix event, but I haven't seen any information about it. The name is registered only in USA, right? Does it lead to concrete troubles? >> Hoping for a change as you are, I tried to purchase stampede.org from >> the original inventor of Stampede Linux [3] a year or so ago in order to >> offer it to the project, but that went nowhere from either side. >> >> Meanwhile, I have some other names I would be happy to purchase and >> donate to the project, but I cannot disclose them to the public before >> doing so. Well, I am not aware of any legal issue with the name Guix. There is one? Somehow, don’t fix it if it is not broken. :-) Cheers, simon
October hybrid London Guix/Guile meetup
Hi all, The next London Guix meetup is scheduled for Monday 23rd October, 6 pm London time (i.e. UTC+0100) onward. 😃🤖🌈💻 Join us in person at 20 Farringdon Street, EC4A 4AB. BIG NEWS 😃: If you like, you can join us remotely from anywhere on the planet too, using the following link: https://meet.jit.si/london-guix-meetup As usual, we'll be talking about Guix, Guile, Scheme & Lisp, and all things Free Software. If you have anything that you'd like to present or discuss during the meetup you're welcome to let us know—but otherwise no need for you to prepare anything or to have any previous knowledge. All welcome! If you register for the event, please indicate whether you'll be joining in person and if so, please add your full name or a nickname, as we'll need to register you at the reception. Location: c/o HubHub 20 Farringdon Street, EC4A 4AB, London Date/Time: Monday, October 23, 2023 from 6 PM onwards Mobilizon page: https://mobilizon.fr/events/170dac14-0897-46b1-8ee9-0058c82138ca We look forward to seeing you! Regards, Arun
Re: [PATCH] web: Include merged_with in graphql .
Arun Isaac writes: >> Sorry, I missed this patch. I will apply it tonight. > > Done! > > https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guix/mumi.git/commit/?id=a89c5109963de0b5fd1f500ed2e2ede47728fdb4 > https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guix/mumi.git/commit/?id=025fc600f1cb4c73042bf920aee3e07d5fb9c53a > > I have also reconfigured berlin with the latest mumi. THanks Arun, QA is now using this data to group merged issues which is very useful. Chris signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: Proposal: Differentiate products more clearly (Cycle 01)
Hi Luis, Luis Felipe writes: > This is a proposal to help differentiate Guix, the package manager, > from Guix System. This sounds like a good plan. > Background: As far as I understand, Guix was supposed to be GNU's > package manager, and GNU was supposed to be the operating system: two > products with two different websites. Unfortunatelly, that didn't > happen and the Guix website became the home for two products: Guix, > the package manager, and Guix System, a distribution of the GNU > operating system. Since then, both products have been presented almost > as a single one in the website. Probably as a result of this some > people call both products by the same name (Guix), Splitting up the website in a "guix for package management" and "guix as a operating system" part sounds reasonable. I've reread the landing page and to me, one of the biggest issues it currently has is, that it vaguely describes attributes, but doesn't work well as a Guix primer for either Guix as a package manager or Guix System as an OS. > and some other people don't understand what «Guix» is by skimming > through the home page. This seems directly related to the landing page not being too great as a brief introduction for Guix. If I'd be a first time visitor of the landing page, I'd probably have questions along the realms of: - what is Guix? - why should I use it? what can it do for me/in my field? - do I want to use guix as a package management/or Guix System as a OS? On that note, I really appreciate and like how Guiles[0] landing page works in this regard. As it is written in a pretty clear language and answers pretty straight forward: - What Guile is. - What it has to offer/what potential common use cases are. - Usage examples on how to get started. reading it provides yet enough information to get a grasp of what Guile is and how to use it/how to get started and what to look up next. While writing this mail I also had a look at the mockups of potential solutions you provided; and they do address these points in a pretty good way, especially as it uses a clear and straight-forward language! [0]: https://www.gnu.org/software/guile/ -- Kind regards, Wilko Meyer w...@wmeyer.eu
