Re: [H-source-users] [PATCH 6/6] Add Guix system with GNU/Hurd to the distro list

[bill-auger]

On Wed, 29 Jun 2022 04:32:29 +0200 Denis wrote:
> Maybe "Debian with Linux 5.11" is better as it avoids the confusion
> between Linux and GNU/Linux.
> 
> And to improve it more, maybe "Debian i686 with Linux 5.11" is even
> better as it would tell which architecture of Debian is installed.
> 
> And we could have "Trisquel x86_64 with Linux 5.11" or "Trisquel with
> jxself's linux 6.0" for instance.
> 
> And for Hurd it would be "Guix with Hurd 1.2.3".

those are all conflating the kernel and distro name - i did not
intend any name confusion, such as: "debian (the distro) with
linux (the kernel)" - that data was only for the 'kernel' column
- i will present it as i intended

| known libre kernel | version |
|--------------------|---------|
| debian-linux       | 5.11    |
| trisquel-linux     | 5.11    |
| linux-libre        | 5.11    |
| hurd               | 1.2.3   |

where: 'debian-linux' is a canonical kernel name in the DB -
that named kernel is also the default kernel for pureos -
'trisquel-linux' AFAIK is also the default kernel for the uruk
distro - this kernel column data, very intentionally ignores the
specific distro; because any of those kernel could be installed
on any *nix distro

h-client running on a debian system would report:

  Kernel: 'debian-kernel 5.11'
  Distro: 'debian 11'

h-client running on a pureos system would report:

  Kernel: 'debian-kernel 5.11'
  Distro: 'pureos 42'

the special guix system covered by this patch would report:

  Kernel: 'hurd 1.2.3'
  Distro: 'Guix System'

in that way (if 'hurd' was a canonical kernel name in the DB),
then this patch would not cover anything special - 'Guix
System' is already in the DB, so all information is captured,
and could be presented on the website with no name confusion