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

[Wayne DePrince Jr.]

On Mon, 2020-04-06 at 14:43 -0400, Wayne DePrince Jr. wrote:
> 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
> 

PS: though i still think that the GNU+Hurd looks interesting :)