[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
Re: GNU Guix 0.2 released
From: |
Germán Arias |
Subject: |
Re: GNU Guix 0.2 released |
Date: |
Thu, 16 May 2013 01:29:41 -0600 |
User-agent: |
GNUMail (Version 1.2.0) |
On 2013-05-15 02:53:05 -0600 Brandon Invergo <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hi Germán,
>
>> Currently I'm testing GSRC on my PC. So, my question is: What is the
>> difference between Guix and GSRC? Regards.
>
> GSRC can be thought of as a up-to-date quarterly release of all GNU
> software. It automates the fetch/configure/build/install procedure and
> provides the occasional patch when necessary, making it easier to
> install a GNU package from source. It has light package management
> features, such as dependency resolution, but it should not be thought of
> as a package manager. GSRC only provides GNU software so external
> dependencies must be installed separately by the user.
>
> Guix, on the other hand, is a full package manager that will eventually
> form the foundation of a GNU distribution. It has far more features as
> a package manager, including some really novel ones that go above and
> beyond the usual package management functionality (better to let Ludovic
> explain). The Guix distribution will provide all of the software
> necessary to have a complete, bootable GNU system, including non-GNU
> packages. It will also handle all the fun "under-the-hood" stuff like
> system configuration and initialization, etc.
>
> Both can be used on top of an existing distro but when the Guix distro
> is ready, I will subjectively say that GSRC would be more appropriate
> for just installing a package or two on top of an existing system.
>
> There is certainly some functional overlap, and this topic has come up
> before as a result, but there remains a conceptual distinction. In
> fact, I've made changes to GSRC to reinforce this distinction
> (i.e. removing 3rd-party dependencies).
>
> I think that just about sums it up but I welcome other comments. :)
>
> Cheers,
>
> Brandon
>
Well I think that a system to easy install will be appreciated by the final
users. Especially if it helps with find/install the requirements. There are
packages
like gnustep-gui or octave that can be succesfully installed with a lot of
missed functionalities if the user don't care about the recomended requirements.
And not all people out there that want use a gnu package are programmers. So
I think GSRC can help people in this way.
Regards.
Germán.
- Re: GNU Guix 0.2 released, (continued)
- Re: GNU Guix 0.2 released, Ludovic Courtès, 2013/05/15
- Re: GNU Guix 0.2 released, Germán Arias, 2013/05/16
- Re: GNU Guix 0.2 released, Ludovic Courtès, 2013/05/16
- Re: GNU Guix 0.2 released, German Arias, 2013/05/17
- Re: GNU Guix 0.2 released, Ludovic Courtès, 2013/05/17
- Re: GNU Guix 0.2 released, Germán Arias, 2013/05/17
- Re: GNU Guix 0.2 released, Ludovic Courtès, 2013/05/18
- Re: GNU Guix 0.2 released, Germán Arias, 2013/05/20
- Re: GNU Guix 0.2 released, Brandon Invergo, 2013/05/15
- Re: GNU Guix 0.2 released, Ludovic Courtès, 2013/05/15
- Re: GNU Guix 0.2 released,
Germán Arias <=