Re: Guix (and Guile's) promise, and how to (hopefully) get there

[Simon Tournier]

Hi Maxim,

On Sun, 15 Dec 2024 at 16:55, Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm late to the party but I thought I'd voice my feeling as I read this,
> catching up slack on the ML.  I find the assertions, or more
> specifically, the level of assertiveness, that GNU is or has been a net
> negative for GNU a pretty simplified world view, at least from my
> perspective.

I’m even later. :-)

Well, from my point of the view, the question is not about the past of
GNU but about its future.  It appears to me a sane question: What is GNU
doing today in order to prepare its future?  In this post, I explore the
question and try to pave one among many others potential ways:

    https://simon.tournier.info/posts/2024-11-01-visiting-future-gnu.html

If we are frank about the current governance situation and nothing is
done in the coming years, then for sure, in the near* future GNU will be
some yet another awesome project that remains only as one data point in
the Great History.

*near future: Say the bus factor – I wish all the best to Richard
    Stallman –: as far as I know, Richard is a regular human and GNU as
    it is today will not survive Richard’s /retirement/. Again, I wish
    all the best to Richard!


Cheers,
simon

PS: I’ve not missed Ricardo’s question [1] but still in draft state. :-)

1: Re: (unrelated and off-topics) Visiting a future of GNU
Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net>
Fri, 01 Nov 2024 14:53:56 +0100
id:87y123hxfv.fsf@elephly.net
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2024-11
https://yhetil.org/guix/87y123hxfv.fsf@elephly.net