bug#25258: Bashisms when building 0.11.0

2016-12-23 Thread pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)
Hello, Guix' testsuite uses the non-POSIX bashism `type -P guile` in tests/guix-packages.sh which causes a test failure when using Dash to provide /bin/sh instead of Bash. Additionally gnu/local.mk uses brace expansion which is not part of POSIX and does not work on Dash. When building Guix on

bug#25254: [minor] 'About' page says GuixSD is a "GNU/Linux distribution"

2016-12-23 Thread Leo Famulari
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

bug#25254: [minor] 'About' page says GuixSD is a "GNU/Linux distribution"

2016-12-23 Thread Taylan Ulrich Bayırlı/Kammer
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

bug#25254: [minor] 'About' page says GuixSD is a "GNU/Linux distribution"

2016-12-23 Thread David Craven
> 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

bug#25254: [minor] 'About' page says GuixSD is a "GNU/Linux distribution"

2016-12-23 Thread Taylan Ulrich Bayırlı/Kammer
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 >>

bug#25254: [minor] 'About' page says GuixSD is a "GNU/Linux distribution"

2016-12-23 Thread David Craven
> 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

bug#25254: [minor] 'About' page says GuixSD is a "GNU/Linux distribution"

2016-12-23 Thread Taylan Ulrich Bayırlı/Kammer
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