Thread: Re: [Vectorlinux-devel] SOHO 6.0 help please

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Hi Guys,
First of all my sincere thanks to you all for joining in here on a very important part of VectorLinux, the SOHO project. We really haven't utilized this mailing list as much as we should as it gives us all a record of whats going on and who has done what. I think we need to push to get more people to join the list and as a result get more people involved in some area of development. I think JohnB cleared the confusion on the new slackware package format and it looks like we can safely jump to the new package tools without having to rebuild all of the existing tlz packages. Now the biggest hurtle is to come up with a sane package list for SOHO that can fit on a 700 mb CD. I think taking out all of xfce its depends and a lot of fonts is a start then see how much gnome we really need for the remaining gtk apps we use is a start. MOE's new installer is based on a package install so no more bulks which means we will have to examine our vl specific packages
 and maybe create some new ones to accomodate this change (which i think is good in the long run) Again thanks to all for taking time out of your busy lives to get this task accomplished!!!!

Cheers,
Vec

Robert Lange
vec...@ya...
http://www.vectorlinux.com

--- On Sat, 6/6/09, John B <joh...@gm...> wrote:

> From: John B <joh...@gm...>
> Subject: Re: [Vectorlinux-devel] SOHO 6.0 help please
> To: "Vector Linux developer's list" <vec...@li...>
> Received: Saturday, June 6, 2009, 10:47 PM
> All,
> 
> I went to the slackware-64current directory and built tar,
> xzutils and 
> the slackware pkgtools. They are installed on this VL 6.0
> standard gold 
> box I'm using right now. I've had no problems at all with
> using these 
> items. The xzutils, aloing with tar-1.22, support our
> present tlz 
> packages nicely.
> 
> A couple of differences between what we are using now and
> the Slackware 
> pkgtools stuff in the slackware64-current tree:
> 1) His pkgtools-tukaani includes both the packaging scripts
> and 
> tar-1.13. The Slackware pkgtools package includes only the
> packaging 
> scripts. However...
> 
> 2) The pkgtools-tukaani includes a patched version of
> tar-1.13, whereas 
> the Slackware method of building tar involves building both
> tar-1.13 and 
> tar-1.22 and packaging them in the same package. The
> tar-1.22 binary 
> includes a patch to support the txz package standard.
> 
> 3) As mentioned earlier, the xzutils support the tlz
> package format we 
> are presently using. Thus, we don't need to do anything
> else to support 
> our present tlz packages when we switch to the latest and
> greatest pkgtools.
> 
> These packages, along with source and buildscripts, are
> being uploaded 
> to my vectorcontrib directory as I type this. They will be
> in a 
> directory called "forsoho60".
> 
> Thus, the changes we need to make are:
> 
> 1) Upgrade the pkgtools-tukaani package with the new
> pkgtools package.
> 2) Remove the tar package we are presently using and use
> the new tar 
> package.
> 3) Deprecate the lzma utilities and use the xzutils
> package.
> 
> HTH,
> John
> 
> uel archuletta wrote:
> > Hello,
> > I can put together ISO's.
> > I will need more help than before with lists of pkgs
> to be included 
> > and such, and more time in between ISO's.
> >
> > Also we will have to decide what installer we are
> going to use and if 
> > we are ready to jump to new lzma format or if that
> will wait.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Uel
> >
> > On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 2:02 AM, Robert Lange <vec...@ya...
> 
> > <mailto:vec...@ya...>>
> wrote:
> >
> >
> >     Gentlemen,
> >     To be frank, I need help
> putting SOHO 6.0 together. I need testers
> >     I need package builders and I
> need a main administrater to put
> >     together test iso's as we are
> ready. After the successful release
> >     of 6.0 standard and light
> there seems little interest in the SOHO
> >     version. We do have a
> substantial user base that relys on this
> >     release. So all that can help
> please raise your hand. I can't do
> >     it all myself with any hope of
> keeping up the stable VectorLinux
> >     image. Any comments on the
> state of VL development are welome and
> >     I would enjoy a discussion
> here as to how to get more people involved.
> >     Thank you for your replies!
> >
> >     Cheers,
> >     Vec
> >
> >     Robert Lange
> >     vec...@ya...
> <mailto:vec...@ya...>
> >     http://www.vectorlinux.com
> >
> >
> >        
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