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 |
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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.