Re: Status of Emdebian Grip

>>>>> "Paul" == Paul Whittaker <[email protected]> writes:

Hi,

 > I have practically zero interest in compiling anything from source
 > code.  About the only occasions on which I've done this are to insert
 > branding, to add something that the distro doesn't have (yes, there
 > are things that Debian doesn't have, e.g. spice-xpi), and to rebuild
 > a component without unneeded options that add bulky dependencies.
 > What I want - and in my experience to date, what every embedded
 > firmware developer wants - is a pre-built JEOS (Just Enough Operating
 > System) that somebody else looks after (because I don't have time!)
 > that can serve has a host platform for our UI, scripting glue and
 > value-add.

Sure, and that's the point of using an existing build system /
distribution instead of rolling your own. If that comes as a set of
prebuilt packages or (reliable) cross compilation recipes is imho a
detail.

 > So I just dump extra stuff in /usr/local and be done with it.  Sorry
 > if that offends your sensibilities, but I am in the business of
 > deploying firmware, not a beautifully packaged extensible general
 > purpose operating system!  Don't get me wrong, tidy fine-grained
 > Debian packaging with accurate dependencies is extremely important to
 > me as a system builder when initially assembling the system.  But
 > after that it's irrelevant.  We are always under considerable time
 > pressure to get products out the door, so when it works we ship it,
 > no matter how ugly it is.

Heh, I guess a lot of products are like that.

-- 
Bye, Peter Korsgaard