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Hi, |
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On 18 Feb 2004, at 08:52, Daniel Robbins wrote: |
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> Likewise, if this is adopted for PPC, it would allow us to have |
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> potentially 1 instead of 3 (or maybe even 4?) disc 1's, and reduce our |
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> mirror load by an additional 900MB to 1.4GB. It would also give ppc |
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> users one CD1 to download that provides them with pre-built stage3's |
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> for |
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> ppc, g3, g4 (32-bit g5?) which I think many would find convenient. |
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We were already using the format you described in your email for the |
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1.4 ppc discs, with the exception that I created different disc1's |
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containing a subset of all stages. For the rest they were identical. |
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There was no grp on disc 1. |
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Biggest advantage is that you can update grp only, without having to |
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recreate the disc one. |
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Also, it removes the requirement to maintain two lists of binary |
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packages. |
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The reason for choosing this format for the ppc disc made building a |
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release much easier: |
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Unpack a stage3 |
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emerge --buildpkg $PACKAGES |
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emerge --unmerge $UNWANTED |
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When finished you have a complete set of GRP, and a kde/gnome cd. |
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Creating the smaller cds, is just rerunning the script using the GRP |
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built for kde/gnome but a smaller set of $PACKAGES and a different $USE |
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of course. |
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On ppc , pre-releases are for generic ppc only (compatible with |
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G3,G4,G5). Fosdem release is therefore in the format you described. For |
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the official release, I want to reduce the set even further by making |
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only one disc 1 for G3,G4 and G5 (G5 uses a different kernel, but |
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identical initrd and live environment). |
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Pieter |
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> Please let me know what you think of this new layout proposal. |
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> Regards, |
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> Daniel |
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