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136787cb4e7baa8e389956ecbf74d87acda0c5a5 — Ludovic Courtès 10 years ago 122c3a1
doc: Mention Nix in the intro.

* doc/guix.texi (Introduction): Mention Nix with a xref to
  "Acknowledgments".
  (Acknowledgments): Add link to nixos.org.
1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

M doc/guix.texi
M doc/guix.texi => doc/guix.texi +4 -2
@@ 233,7 233,8 @@ software packages, etc.

@cindex functional package management
The term @dfn{functional} refers to a specific package management
discipline.  In Guix, the package build and installation process is seen
discipline pioneered by Nix (@pxref{Acknowledgments}).
In Guix, the package build and installation process is seen
as a function, in the mathematical sense.  That function takes inputs,
such as build scripts, a compiler, and libraries, and
returns an installed package.  As a pure function, its result depends


@@ 8421,7 8422,8 @@ reason.
@node Acknowledgments
@chapter Acknowledgments

Guix is based on the Nix package manager, which was designed and
Guix is based on the @uref{http://nixos.org/nix/, Nix package manager},
which was designed and
implemented by Eelco Dolstra, with contributions from other people (see
the @file{nix/AUTHORS} file in Guix.)  Nix pioneered functional package
management, and promoted unprecedented features, such as transactional