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taylanbayi...@gmail.com (Taylan Ulrich "Bayırlı/Kammer") skribis:
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> Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2016 22:14:18 +0100
> Subject: [PATCH] website: about: Refi
On Sun, Dec 25, 2016 at 12:51:14AM +0100, David Craven wrote:
> Please change to the GNU distribution. Or alternatively if you are
> going to say a GNU distribution provide a link to or an explanation of
> what it means. Calling it a GNU distribution implies that there are
> more than one, please p
Luis Felipe López Acevedo writes:
> Instead of the current patch, however, I'd change the whole paragraph
> to something like this (a combination with the current first paragraph
> on Wikipedia):
>
> GuixSD (Guix System Distribution) is a distribution of the [GNU
> operating system][link] centere
David Craven writes:
> Please change to the GNU distribution. Or alternatively if you are
> going to say a GNU distribution provide a link to or an explanation of
> what it means.
I wanted to avoid a larger discussion, but OK, I haven't ever written a
comprehensive answer to such a question, so
> To David, the Guix developers had the intention to call the system just GNU,
> and distribute it as GNU (Guix is a GNU project after all), but RMS didn't
> agree, so it was decided to use the GuixSD name and call it "A distribution
> of GNU", and not "THE distribution of GNU." [1]
First I apprec
I agree with Tylan.
Instead of the current patch, however, I'd change the whole paragraph to
something like this (a combination with the current first paragraph on
Wikipedia):
GuixSD (Guix System Distribution) is a distribution of the [GNU
operating system][link] centered on the GNU Guix pac
Taylan UlrichBayırlı/Kammer writes:
> It would be better to be consistent with the home page and make clear
> that GuixSD is a GNU distribution, with Linux-libre being the default
> kernel for the foreseeable future.
>
> Background: Wikipedia has a policy to call GNU/Linux distributions
> "Linux
> Please change to the GNU distribution. Or alternatively if you are
> going to say a GNU distribution provide a link to or an explanation of
> what it means.
To be clear what I mean with a description, it could be one of the following:
a) A GNU distribution is a distribution compiled with the gc
Please change to the GNU distribution. Or alternatively if you are
going to say a GNU distribution provide a link to or an explanation of
what it means. Calling it a GNU distribution implies that there are
more than one, please provide an example of another GNU distribution.
A google search for GNU
taylanbayi...@gmail.com (Taylan Ulrich "Bayırlı/Kammer") writes:
> It would be better to be consistent with the home page and make clear
> that GuixSD is a GNU distribution, with Linux-libre being the default
> kernel for the foreseeable future.
Here's a patch to the guix-artwork repo to make the
On Fri, Dec 23, 2016 at 18:35:26 +0100, David Craven wrote:
> Besides on most systems there is a lot more software than just what is
> provided by GNU or Linux. If we want to be precise we can call it a
> mostly POSIX distribution.
It's a common misunderstanding that "GNU" refers to only to GNU
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David Craven writes:
>> Using accurate terminology on Wikipedia is an intention of mine, and
>> changing the About page (and the FSF's endorsed distros page) not to
>> call GuixSD a GNU/Linux distro would help in that regard, but it's
>> arguably a petty issue so I don't intend to bother others w
On Fri, Dec 23, 2016 at 10:28:01PM +0100, David Craven wrote:
> > Using accurate terminology on Wikipedia is an intention of mine, and
> > changing the About page (and the FSF's endorsed distros page) not to
> > call GuixSD a GNU/Linux distro would help in that regard, but it's
> > arguably a petty
> Using accurate terminology on Wikipedia is an intention of mine, and
> changing the About page (and the FSF's endorsed distros page) not to
> call GuixSD a GNU/Linux distro would help in that regard, but it's
> arguably a petty issue so I don't intend to bother others with it. :-)
> (And a guix b
David Craven writes:
>> I don't think this is the place to discuss that particular issue at
>> large. That can be done on Wikipedia, or elsewhere.
>
>> I think the Guix project authors probably agree on GuixSD being defined
>> as a GNU distribution. The question is whether or not to make the Ab
> I don't think this is the place to discuss that particular issue at
> large. That can be done on Wikipedia, or elsewhere.
> I think the Guix project authors probably agree on GuixSD being defined
> as a GNU distribution. The question is whether or not to make the About
> page consistent with t
David Craven writes:
>> It would be better to be consistent with the home page and make clear
>> that GuixSD is a GNU distribution, with Linux-libre being the default
>> kernel for the foreseeable future.
>
>> Background: Wikipedia has a policy to call GNU/Linux distributions
>> "Linux distributi
> It would be better to be consistent with the home page and make clear
> that GuixSD is a GNU distribution, with Linux-libre being the default
> kernel for the foreseeable future.
> Background: Wikipedia has a policy to call GNU/Linux distributions
> "Linux distribution" because that wrong term i
It would be better to be consistent with the home page and make clear
that GuixSD is a GNU distribution, with Linux-libre being the default
kernel for the foreseeable future.
Background: Wikipedia has a policy to call GNU/Linux distributions
"Linux distribution" because that wrong term is more com
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