Re: When can we expect a version 1.0 of the GNU Operating System?

[Olaf Buddenhagen]

Hi,

On Sat, Nov 22, 2014 at 12:29:22PM +0000, Brandon Invergo wrote:

> I would argue that rather than talking about producing The Official
> GNU System, we should be talking about producing a *reference*
> distribution of the GNU system.  The Guix guys are effectively doing
> that in my opinion and I think it's great.  Now, instead of us saying
> "these are the strictly necessary components", we're saying "here is,
> to us, an excellent way to put together the GNU system"

I very much like your take on this :-) It highlights the fact that GNU
is very much capable of producing a compelling operating system, but
avoids the trap of inadvertantly claiming exclusiveness or superiority
over other GNU variants :-)

-antrik-