On 24/11/14 00:13, Bruno Félix Rezende Ribeiro wrote: > Em Sun, 23 Nov 2014 18:29:26 -0500 > Richard Stallman <[email protected]> escreveu: > >> > Why would you need to discard the GNU Hurd if you declare GNU >> > Linux-libre one of the kernels of the GNU system? Why you can't >> > officially acknowledge GNU as an operating system of multiple >> > kernels? >> >> We can and we do -- but that is incompatible with releasing a >> GNU/Linux distro and calling that, and only that, "the GNU system". > > Incompatible? So how are we supposed to release "the GNU system" if > no distribution could be called that way? Are you implying that only > Hurd-based GNU systems deserve the label? > > It's reasonable to say that it's not worthwhile to release a > Hurd-based GNU system for the foreseeable future. Therefore, won't > the GNU project release "the GNU system"? > > If that's so, I have to say that's a sad prospect. > > If GNU is a system of multiple kernels, *every* GNU project's > distribution of the GNU system, be it Linux-libre, Hurd or a third GNU > kernel based, deserves to be called "the GNU system". Technicalities > that differ them are for tech-savvy people, not the common public.
I agree with Bruno. I don't see any problem, for example, on having a download page with: * GNU (kernel: hurd) * GNU (kernel: linux-libre) * GNU (kernel: xyz) * Or go to the list of other free system distributions And, since the GNU system will be available with multiple kernels, one of the downloads should be the recommended one for newcomers. -- Luis Felipe López Acevedo http://sirgazil.bitbucket.org/ ID Klefo PGP : 0x8A296B99 Marko fingrala: 7ED8 4963 C881 647C 9DA0 FDE6 881B 91ED 8A29 6B99
