Gentoo Archives: gentoo-releng

From: Chris Gianelloni <wolf31o2@g.o>
To: gentoo-releng@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-releng] Gentoo Live DVD
Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 12:33:07
Message-Id: 1135081112.6785.0.camel@vertigo.twi-31o2.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-releng] Gentoo Live DVD by mudrii
1 On Tue, 2005-12-20 at 13:01 +0900, mudrii wrote:
2 > Hi Everybody
3 > I could host the LiveDVD with no problem at all.
4 > I have FB 100Mb/s in Tokyo but is share with some users and from the
5 > next month I move direct to backbone connection with 100Mb/s.
6 > Mean time I mirror Conrad, Kororaa and RR and I could host the Gentoo
7 > LiveDVD too for Asia Pacific Region.
8
9 As you can all already see, there is already confusion that this is a
10 "Gentoo LiveDVD" when it is not.
11
12 > No traffic limit connection is on PPPOE in past 40 days on ppp0 i have
13 > more then 5 Terra traffic and If I will get some more Terra in + i do
14 > not mind ;).
15 > If you Guys decide to make it I will keep on my ftp with pleaser.
16 > Regards
17 > mudrii
18 >
19 > Chris Gianelloni wrote:
20 > > On Thu, 2005-12-15 at 15:42 -0600, Gustavo Guillermo Pérez wrote:
21 > >
22 > >> El Jueves, 15 de Diciembre de 2005 11:45, Jeffrey Forman escribió:
23 > >>
24 > >>> On Thu, 2005-12-15 at 11:23 -0600, Gustavo Guillermo Pérez wrote:
25 > >>>
26 > >>>> Hello, list, I was maded a gentoo live DVD based on my 2005 installation
27 > >>>> of Diskless Terminal Server, this is a really heavy collection of working
28 > >>>> packages, but I do not find out any place to store the ISO. this iso can
29 > >>>> be copied too onto whatever root place and boot with a small CD-CARD
30 > >>>> 35MB. I having the ZISO on my USB Hard Drive :P
31 > >>>> I was used a demo of crossover, I need to delete them?
32 > >>>>
33 > >
34 > > Since it is not an official release, I'm not sure that we should be
35 > > hosting or endorsing it. If the Friends of Gentoo e.V. want to host it
36 > > on their tracker, that's fine with me, but I pretty much completely
37 > > object to it being called a "Gentoo Live DVD" as that will cause
38 > > confusion with our users since it is *not* a Gentoo LiveDVD (made by us)
39 > > and doesn't follow our release standards in any way. This will be even
40 > > more confusing when I release an official Gentoo LiveDVD. If it were my
41 > > decision, I would say that you would need to name it something else, and
42 > > find hosting for it. A good example of this is RR4/RR64, which is
43 > > "based on Gentoo" but doesn't use our name.
44 > >
45 > >
46 >
47 >
48 --
49 Chris Gianelloni
50 Release Engineering - Strategic Lead
51 x86 Architecture Team
52 Games - Developer
53 Gentoo Linux

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