Hey, Ludovic Courtès <[email protected]> writes:
> Hi, > > L p R n d n <[email protected]> skribis: > >> Ludovic Courtès <[email protected]> writes: > > [...] > >>> A very concrete task that could be of interest to you is the “name >>> change” (a bit of a strong word) that we’d like to implement by 1.0. >>> I’ll try to summarize. Currently we have “Guix” and “GuixSD”, and that >>> confuses things: people visit the web site, they see a “GuixSD” logo and >>> get confused because they were just looking for a package manager, not a >>> whole distro, or they think “GuixSD” is a storage device ;-), things >>> like that. >>> >>> The idea is to bring everything under the “Guix” name. Most of the >>> time, writing “Guix” is good enough—after all, one can run ‘guix system’ >>> on a foreign distro, too. When we really need to make the distinction, >>> for instance in the manual, we would write “Guix System” to designate >>> what we currently call “GuixSD”. >> >> Hum. It might just be as easy as getting rid of the GuixSD logo and >> wording for the most part. Then we can find a *preferred* way to >> designate GuixSD (a Guix system (probably), Guix distro, Guix os).Here, >> it's more about making GuixSD "disappear" but we could also just rebrand >> GuixSD with some kind of "subtitle": "Guix, the system", derive a logo >> from the Guix's one. It depends a lot from what we want to put under the >> spotlight. > > The idea is more to have a single “brand”: Guix. Then “Guix System” > would be a component of Guix, so to speak, similar to GNOME and its > applications. Ok, I understand. Just thought about something really quick. Do you think describing "Guix Sytem" as a system manager, in opposition to package manager, would be meaningful? >>> This has implications mostly on the web site and on the manual. Ricardo >>> sketched web site modifications here: >>> >>> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2018-01/msg00300.html >>> >>> It would probably have further implications on how we present >>> Guix/GuixSD. >>> >>> WDYT? >> >> Yeah, thinking about GuixSD as a derivative is probably the best way to >> comprehend it. So give it its own leaf page is probably a good idea. I >> would keep all downloads on the same page though and just separate them >> visually. But it depends froms what I said previously. > > Sounds reasonable. > > Would you like to give it a go? I suppose the changes to the web site > can be made incrementally, it’s not an all-or-nothing change. If you’d > like to fiddle with this and you need guidance with the web site > machinery, don’t hesitate to ask on IRC or the ML! Yeah I'll try to find some time. ;) > Thanks, > Ludo’. Have a nice day, Lprndn
