Re: Bad PR About ROCK

Stefan Fiedler <[email protected]> Fri, 23 Jun 2006 00:12:09 +0200
Newsgroups gmane.linux.distributions.rock.devel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Am Donnerstag, 22. Juni 2006 22:55 schrieb Oliver Schneidewind:
> Hi @ all

Hi Oliver!

>
>
> I've Read in the german newsgroup de.comp.os.unix.linux.misc this Article :
> Message-ID: <[email protected]>
>
> > Hallo NG,
> >
> > ich habe mir jetzt ein paar Tage lang das ROCK-Linux Version "Generic
> > build bootstrap ROCK Linux (2.0.3)" angeschaut. Leider ist es
> > hoffnungslos veraltet und viele Pakete zum Bauen eigener Distributionen
> > sind auf den Mirrors einfach nicht vorhanden.
> >

Oh well, I think it's time to mark 2.0.x as deprecated ... As we are currently 
preparing a new release, I'd simply point to the latest bbs/Crystal ISO 
images (available at 
http://iso.rocklinux.de/rock-ftp/official/test-releases/ ) or - if you prefer 
sources - to latest rock-linux trunk (see 
http://www.rocklinux.org/wiki/Download ). 
With these, installing Linux kernels and anything else is strictly optional 
(if you know how to boot your newly installed system without them ;))
I don't know much about PXE yet, if someone wants to use PXE with ROCK, he/she 
will probably have to figure it out by him/herself. 
Btw. the ROCK Linux package manager (bize and mine) are optional just like all 
other packages.
Just a warning beforehand: finding _run-time_ dependencies for a given package 
is usually easy: just install all _build-time_ dependencies (as given in 
package .cache files). Finding _minimal_ run-time dependencies is a bit more 
difficult, and usually requires some trial-and-error...
Comments, suggestions, bug reports, improvements are - as always - welcome.

Oliver, you're also welcome to forward this mail to the appropriate 
newsgroup :)

With best regards,
	Stefan Fiedler

> > Ich wende mich an Euch, weil ich hoffe, daß irgendwer schon einmal vor
> > demselben Problem gestanden hat.
> >
> > Gesucht wird:
> >
> > Ein Linux-Image _ohne_ Kernel und mit _möglichst wenigen_ Abhängigkeiten
> > bzgl. der Basispakete. Schlechtes Beislpiel ist etwa Mandriva Linux mit
> > dem basesystem-Paket, welches über 3 Ecken auch das Vorhandensein der
> > libjpeg62 fordert - wirklich unnötig. Herauskommen soll ein
> > Minimal-Linux, welches via PXE über ein Netzwerk gebootet wird (hier
> > bekommt es seinen
> > monolithischen Kernel) und leicht zu warten ist (am besten von "außen",
> > d.h. der Paketmanager ist nicht im Image integriert).
> >
> > Irgendwelche Ideen?
> >
> > MfG, S.W.
>
> Free Translation form the first part, the otherparts are  a wishlist for
> a custom Linux :
>
> Hello NG,
>
> I've looked someday on Rock-Linux "Generic build bootstrap ROCK Linux
> (2.0.3)" But unfortunately it's (Rocklinux) is total out of date and many
> packages to build a custom Distribution are still missing on the Mirror.
> [...]
>
> maybe some of the Rock core developer, is able to help this guy.
> Because, messages like this make people think ROCK is Dead.
>
>  <http://dict.leo.org/ende?lp=ende&p=/gQPU.&search=sincerely>sincerly yours
>
> Oliver Schneidewind
> a ROCK-Linux Fan
>
>
>
>
>
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