Re: [Devil-linux-develop] User-Build-System

[Heiko Z. <he...@zu...>]

John van V. wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Heiko wrote:
> 
> 
>>Apache will be included in the future, but before we do that, we need to 
>>have a "User-Build-System", otherwise DL is getting too big and too 
>>feature rich.
>>
> 
> The User-Build-System will be the key component for our adaptation.  Since the
> Linux Society seeks to develop a release that is both operational and
> educational, we are very eager to get started.

The User-Build-System will just be a script, which creates an ISO with 
pre-build binaries. By this way, the user can select which packages he 
wants to have on the CD.

> At this point, I have about half-a-dozen developers wishing to start writing
> boot scripts, especially hardware detection and disk/swap use.

I'm really looking forward to that.

> I am personally interested developing a build system and deployment
> documentation as part of our distributed paradigm.

We already have to build system, it just needs to be extended.
Ok, the documentation part needs much more improvement.

> 
> The area of deployment we are interested in is the "single IP network" where a
> single network connection supports a small enterprise.  These would include
> cafes, resturants, schools and other venues that seek to create an Internet
> presence.

That's already no problem, depending on what the DL Box should do.

> Apache 2 can support this for various web servers and port redirection systems
> need to be developed for other services.

Apache will be included in a future release, the only question is when. 
I would like to have the User-Build-System in place first.

> It is too bad that my "reverse engineering" attempt failed to produce a
> bootable CD (the mount command had to be run twice to work), this would have
> created a very simple user enhancement solution.  I would still like to see why
> this failed.  Maybe corruption along the way...

There is absolutely no need for "reverse engineering", because of the 
build system we already have in place.


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