Re: [PATCH v1 08/12] website: main page: clarify that GNU Boot is a distribution.

[Adrien 'neox' Bourmault]

Le mardi 11 juin 2024 à 20:52 +0200, Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli a écrit :
> At the beginning I tried to describe the GNU Boot project in a single
> sentence to be as simple as possible for less technical users.
> 
> But then I ended up having to explain again and again to people that
> GNU Boot is only a distribution.
> 
> We probably had this problem for a very long time, as Libreboot also
> had the same issue, and since we inherited all its code and that we
> continue its original spirit, we also have the same issue.
> 
> And I still had to correct people very recently even long after having
> changed the Savannah project description page and having restructured
> a bit the build system to look more like packages.
> 
> So here I see no other option than changing the front page as well, as
> getting this point across is important, especially when we are looking
> for contributions, as contributing to a distribution is often easier
> than contributing to upstream software.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli <GNUtoo@cyberdimension.org>
> ---
>  website/pages/index.es.md | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++--
>  website/pages/index.md    | 31 ++++++++++++++-----------------
>  2 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/website/pages/index.es.md b/website/pages/index.es.md
> index cd3e6d1..70e25f3 100644
> --- a/website/pages/index.es.md
> +++ b/website/pages/index.es.md
> @@ -5,8 +5,26 @@ x-reviewed: true
>  
>  ### ¿Qué es esto? ####
>  
> -GNU Boot es un proyecto de software libre destinado a reemplazar el
> -firmware privativo de arranque de computadoras por software libre.
> +GNU Boot es un proyecto de software 100% libre destinado a reemplazar el
> +software privativo de arranque de computadoras por software libre.
> +
> +GNU Boot es únicamente una distribución: reutiliza proyecto software
> +como Coreboot, GRUB, SeaBIOS, etc.
> +
> +No es muy diferente de [distribución GNU/Linux 100%
> +libre](https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-distros.es.html) como Trisquel
> +o Guix.
> +
> +Como otras distribución GNU/Linux 100% libre su tareas son:
> +
> +* Buscar y remover código no libre en proyectos che reutiliza.
> +
> +* Hacer la compilación del software y asemblar lo en algo que si puede
> +  instalar. Testar el software y distribuir instrucciones de
> +  instalación y de mejora.
> +
> +* Distribuir configuración con buenas valores por defecto que funciona
> +  por la mayoría de los usuarios.
>  
>  ### Situación del proyecto y ayuda necesaria ####
>  
> diff --git a/website/pages/index.md b/website/pages/index.md
> index ceda461..ef86e80 100644
> --- a/website/pages/index.md
> +++ b/website/pages/index.md
> @@ -4,29 +4,26 @@ title: Free your BIOS today!
>  
>  ### What is this? ####
>  
> -GNU Boot is a free software project aimed at replacing the proprietary
> -boot firmware that comes with computers with free boot software.
> +GNU Boot is a 100% free software project aimed at replacing the
> +nonfree boot software (like BIOS or UEFI) of computers with free boot
> +software.
>  
> -### Project status and need for help ####
> +GNU Boot is only a distribution: it reuses existing software projects
> +like Coreboot, GRUB, SeaBIOS, etc.
>  
> -Right now GNU Boot is still in its early stage.
> +So it's not very different from [100% free GNU/Linux
> +distributions](https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-distros.html) like
> +Trisquel or Guix.
>  
> -It should be relatively safe to use the GNU Boot 0.1 RC3 as is has
> -minimal changes on top of Libreboot 20220710 (the last 100% free
> -release of Libreboot) and also because several people tested it and
> -didn't report any blocking issue.
> +Like the other 100% free GNU/Linux distributions its tasks are:
>  
> -However we need a lot of help for fixing the website as most pages are
> -out of date or still refer to Libreboot or libreboot.at instead of GNU
> -Boot.
> +* To find and remove nonfree software in projects it reuses.
>  
> -This is very important because the website also contains all the
> -project documentation, including the installation instructions (we
> -also need help testing them).
> +* To build the software and assemble it in something that can be
> +  installed. To test it and to provide installation and upgrade
> +  instructions.
>  
> -See the [page about contributing to GNU
> -Boot](/software/gnuboot/web/git.html) for more details on how to
> -help GNU Boot.
> +* To provide good default configuration that work for most users.
>  
>  ### How this project came to exist ####
>  

This clarification seemed mandatory to me for a while, thank you very much for
having done that. I'm happy with this text as it is now.

Acked-by: Adrien 'neox' Bourmault <neox@gnu.org>

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