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On Sat, 08 Nov 2003 16:23:13 +0100 |
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Vano D <gentoo-dev@××××××××××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> On Fri, 2003-11-07 at 20:52, Chris PeBenito wrote: |
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> > > For these embedded systems it would be nice if we had a |
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> > > baselayout-lite. I'm not convinced every init script for these tiny |
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> > > processors needs to source 300+ lines of bash functions to just |
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> > I agree with this. I'm not sure if it would be better to maintain our |
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> > own baselayout-lite, or if it would be better to try to make an option |
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> > for the current baselayout to make a tiny install. My instincts tell me |
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> > the former, but I don't think it would be too fun to maintain. :\ |
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> I think we can try to do both and see which one is the best method and I |
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> guess dump the worst method. Right now I dont think it is easy to see |
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> which one is the best method (unless there is someone around who has |
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> experience in tweaking Gentoo for embedded and can let us know). |
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> Maintaining a simple stripped down baselayout-lite should not be *that* |
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> hard since I guess it would be a rather small and simple package (I dont |
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> know why I keep on thinking of simple rc files ala slackware all the |
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> time). |
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> But on the other hand, having a script which strips/modifies the current |
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> standard baselayout also seems interesting. But this depends on how |
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> often the main baselayout goes through drastic changes (which is not |
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> that often iirc). |
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> So my vote is trying both methods and see what results we get. |
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I believe it would be more practical striping the existing baselayout, making a lite one. After that we only need to keep track of advances in the main baselayout package and focus on adding features/modifications in the lite. |
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> Vano D <gentoo-dev@××××××××××××××××.com> |
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