Re: [gnu-prog-discuss] Introducing GNU Guix

2012-11-24 Thread Ludovic Courtès
Hi, Adam Spiers skribis: > Thanks for the info. I expect that by far the most common FAQ arising > when people see this project for the first time is what it offers over > existing package managers out there, in particular rpm and apt which > are presumably the most popular by quite some margin

Re: [gnu-prog-discuss] Introducing GNU Guix

2012-11-23 Thread luke.leighton
On Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 10:09 AM, Dmitry Bogatov wrote: > On Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 10:38 +0100, Ludovic Courtès wrote: >> >> I am pleased to announce GNU Guix, an on-going project to build a >> functional package manager and associated free software distribution of >> the GNU system. hi ludovic:

Re: [gnu-prog-discuss] Introducing GNU Guix

2012-11-23 Thread Dmitry Bogatov
On Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 10:38 +0100, Ludovic Courtès wrote: I am pleased to announce GNU Guix, an on-going project to build a functional package manager and associated free software distribution of the GNU system. Intresting. But I already know a few package managers: dpkg, pacman, portage, pal

Re: [gnu-prog-discuss] Introducing GNU Guix

2012-11-23 Thread Adam Spiers
On Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 10:57 AM, Ludovic Courtès wrote: > The rationale is discussed in my GHM talk at: > > http://www.fdn.fr/~lcourtes/software/guile/guix-ghm-2012.20120721.pdf > http://www.gnu.org/software/guix/ > > Hope this clarifies things! Thanks for the info. I expect that by far the

Re: [gnu-prog-discuss] Introducing GNU Guix

2012-11-23 Thread Ludovic Courtès
Hi Luke, "luke.leighton" skribis: > On Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 10:09 AM, Dmitry Bogatov wrote: >> On Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 10:38 +0100, Ludovic Courtès wrote: >>> >>> I am pleased to announce GNU Guix, an on-going project to build a >>> functional package manager and associated free software distri