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--- a/HACKING
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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
1-*- mode: org; coding: utf-8; -*- 1-*- mode: org; coding: utf-8; -*-
2 2
3#+TITLE: Hacking Guix and its incredible distro 3#+TITLE: Hacking GNU Guix and its incredible distro
4 4
5Copyright © 2012 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> 5Copyright © 2012 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
6 6
diff --git a/README b/README
index 02c1f34e2ee..7e6c3dd7199 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
1-*- mode: org -*- 1-*- mode: org -*-
2 2
3Guix is Nix[0] from Guile[1]! 3GNU Guix is Nix[0] from Guile[1]!
4 4
5Concretely, it allows Nix package management to be done entirely in 5Concretely, it allows Nix package management to be done entirely in
6Scheme. The goal is to investigate whether Scheme, and in particular 6Scheme. The goal is to investigate whether Scheme, and in particular
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index e67468504c6..703dee8b179 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
2# Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script. 2# Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
3 3
4AC_PREREQ(2.68) 4AC_PREREQ(2.68)
5AC_INIT([Guix], [0.1], [guile-user@gnu.org]) 5AC_INIT([GNU Guix], [0.1], [gnu-system-discuss@gnu.org])
6AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([build-aux]) 6AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([build-aux])
7 7
8AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.11 gnu silent-rules subdir-objects \ 8AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.11 gnu silent-rules subdir-objects \
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index 4effbc7ea8b..637265d8738 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
4@c %**start of header 4@c %**start of header
5@setfilename guix.info 5@setfilename guix.info
6@documentencoding UTF-8 6@documentencoding UTF-8
7@settitle Guix Reference Manual 7@settitle GNU Guix Reference Manual
8@c %**end of header 8@c %**end of header
9 9
10@include version.texi 10@include version.texi
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@
19@end direntry 19@end direntry
20 20
21@titlepage 21@titlepage
22@title{Guix Reference Manual} 22@title{GNU Guix Reference Manual}
23@subtitle{Using the Guix Functional Package Manager} 23@subtitle{Using the GNU Guix Functional Package Manager}
24@author Ludovic Courtès 24@author Ludovic Courtès
25 25
26@page 26@page
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ Documentation License''.
41@end titlepage 41@end titlepage
42 42
43@copying 43@copying
44This manual documents Guix version @value{VERSION}. 44This manual documents GNU Guix version @value{VERSION}.
45 45
46Copyright (C) 2012 Ludovic Courtès 46Copyright (C) 2012 Ludovic Courtès
47 47
@@ -57,9 +57,10 @@ Documentation License.''
57 57
58@c ********************************************************************* 58@c *********************************************************************
59@node Top 59@node Top
60@top Guix 60@top GNU Guix
61 61
62This document describes Guix version @value{VERSION}. 62This document describes GNU Guix version @value{VERSION}, a functional
63package management tool written for the GNU system.
63 64
64@menu 65@menu
65* Introduction:: What is Guix about? 66* Introduction:: What is Guix about?
@@ -77,12 +78,12 @@ This document describes Guix version @value{VERSION}.
77@node Introduction 78@node Introduction
78@chapter Introduction 79@chapter Introduction
79 80
80Guix is a functional package management tool. Package management 81GNU Guix is a functional package management tool for the GNU system.
81consists in all the activities that relate to building packages from 82Package management consists in all the activities that relate to
82source, honoring the build-time and run-time dependencies on packages, 83building packages from source, honoring the build-time and run-time
83installing packages in user environments, upgrading installed packages 84dependencies on packages, installing packages in user environments,
84to new versions or rolling back to a previous set, removing unused 85upgrading installed packages to new versions or rolling back to a
85software packages, etc. 86previous set, removing unused software packages, etc.
86 87
87@cindex functional package management 88@cindex functional package management
88The term @dfn{functional} refers to a specific package management 89The term @dfn{functional} refers to a specific package management
@@ -119,7 +120,7 @@ The remainder of this manual describes them.
119@node Package Management 120@node Package Management
120@chapter Package Management 121@chapter Package Management
121 122
122The purpose of Guix is to allow users to easily install, upgrade, and 123The purpose of GNU Guix is to allow users to easily install, upgrade, and
123remove software packages, without having to know about their build 124remove software packages, without having to know about their build
124procedure or dependencies. Guix also goes beyond this obvious set of 125procedure or dependencies. Guix also goes beyond this obvious set of
125features. 126features.