Re: [Maxlinux-devel] Final Installation packages please!

[Kelledin <kel...@sk...>]

> Kelledin can you put all "Required" and "optional" rpms on ftp=20
> whish should be included in 0.1 ? i can't finish my work=20
> without a set of Packages, and i am tired about searching or=20
> ask "should this be included yes or no?".. Our packagers should=20
> "completly build the packages for V 0.1 and put them into=20
> /packages/versions/0.1" (or mvoe the existing ones) please=20
> remeber please fill only 1 CD, currently i dont create a 2 CD=20
> version.

By "our packagers", you mean "Kelledin". ;)

There is now a usable package set in the=20
ftp://skarpsey.dyndns.org/packages/versions/0.1/ directory. =20
Everything in that directory should be included on the IOS CD. =20
Currently it all fits in 550MB and includes (almost) all the=20
latest packages I have.

The following are known issues with the package set:

1) We have no precompiled kernel yet.  In light of this, we will
   simply have to give the user a config phase for the kernel=20
   source (currently 0.1pre/SOURCES/linux-2.4.18-1.tar.gz).  I=20
   was planning to have this as an option; for now it is a=20
   necessity.  This issue will go away once we decide exactly how=20
   to manage a precompiled modular kernel and "driver packs."

2) Because of (1), there are other packages we don't have=20
   precompiled yet (but we *do* have them as source RPMs in the
   directory 0.1pre/SRPMS/).  The idea with these is that once
   a custom kernel is compiled, these source RPMs will be used to=20
   build and install RPMs customized for the custom kernel.  The=20
   packages can be built via the command "rpm --rebuild --target=20
   i486 <package-name>" _after_ the system is booted from the=20
   custom kernel.  This issue will also go away once we resolve
   issue (1).

3) There are two precompiled packages that depend on lm_sensors=20
   libraries (kde3-base and mondo).  Because lm_sensors is=20
   provided as a source RPM only, these packages will have to be=20
   installed with the "--nodeps" option.  This, too, will go away
   once we resolve issues (1) and (2).

4) BitchX has some problems with backgrounds in dialog boxes. =20
   Fixing that is my department and is on my to-do list.

5) KDE needs to be updated to version 3.0.3.  Once again, my
   department, and on my to-do list.

6) All of Gnome 2.0.1 needs to be installed.  Once again, my
   department, and on my to-do list.

7) Since we can't install both sendmail and postfix, I just left
   sendmail (the slower, but more accepted MTA) in there and
   left out postfix.  We'll figure out how to deal with this sort
   of conflict later.

--
Kelledin
"If a server crashes in a server farm and no one pings it, does=20
it still cost four figures to fix?"