Re: info on move to GNU+Hurd and deprecating Linux-libre

[Wayne DePrince Jr.]

On Mon, 2020-04-06 at 14:40 -0400, Leo Famulari wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 06, 2020 at 02:01:36PM -0400, Wayne DePrince Jr. wrote:
> > ahoy all,
> > 
> >     hope that everyone is as well as can be.
> > 
> >     i saw the new post on deprecating Linux in Guix in favor of
> > GNU+Hurd and was just wondering if there is some background on the
> > decision?  i had searched in the mailing list and IRC archives but
> > have
> > not found anything.
> 
> Every good joke has an element of truth, and this was an optimistic
> April Fools joke.
> 
> Work on the Hurd is progressing more quickly than it has in the past,
> and of course we like to use GNU software wherever we can.
> 
> I doubt that Linux support will be deprecated or removed for a long
> time, if ever. It's one of the most useful free software programs :)

LOLOL!  wow, consider me an April FOOL!

with some of the recent rumblings about the Linux kernel i thought
maybe i had missed something bigger .. and apparently i did: April 1 :)

Leo, thank you for pointing out my FOOLishness ;)

peace, w