LNX-BBC is a source-based distribution

Jean-Sébastien Lebacq <[email protected]> Sat, 25 Oct 2003 19:26:12 +0200
Newsgroups gmane.linux.bbc.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hello,

I just want to say I don't agree with the fact that LNX-BBC can't be found in 
the source-based distribution section.

In that page, you say :
1)«These pages will list all distributions that have found the binary package 
model too cumbersome and introduced a new and increasingly popular way of 
compiling packages directly on your own computer.»

But everybody can maintain a LNX-BBC installation in that way thanks GAR :
http://www.lnx-bbc.org/garchitecture.html

2)«As such, they are a moving target, evolving on a daily basis.»
Thanks GAR, LNX-BBC evolving on a daily basis, but moreover, they also propose 
automated cvs builds :
http://www.lnx-bbc.org/builds/ (I know we don't use directly the GAR 
possibilities when we download a pre-compiled iso, but I just want to notify 
even Gentoo's GRP is not so bleeding edge)

3)You never say you want to list only generic distribution in that page. 
LNX-BBC isn't a generic purpose distribution (mini Linux-distribution), but 
it's a real source-based distribution. And if you want now to exclude 
explicitly not generic purpose distributions from the source-based 
distribution section, I think it isn't a good idea. Because the GAR system (I 
have just discovered him thanks Konstruct, not distrowatch :( ) merit to be 
as visible as emerge, OLM, etc, and the GAR system is different because it is 
build on the make system.

Anyway, thanks for distrowatch and all your work on it :)

Regards, JSL.