Re: SLFS book chapter proposals

On Sat, 2003-12-27 at 22:32, Archaic wrote:

> Total agreement. But as far as hindering, I think the instructions
> should allow for building a production server, with many of the steps
> marked in some way to show trade off. For instance, remote logging. Not
> needed for a one box network. :) There are certainly others as well.
> Though many will come with so little loss of functionality or
> performance that they should be marked for every use. That's what I've
> been thinking about the last couple of days. A rating system of how
> intrusive each technique is. Not in the install, as some will be quite
> complicated, but in the use of the system with said technique in place.

Agreed. And marked in memor (as well as saved on ym system) for when the
book gets to that point.


> 
> We agree on overall goals, as you have stated exactly what my vision is.
> We just disagree on implementation.

Then we need to come to an agreement.  Either that or we need to
separate ways, and make two books ;)  LOL

I think a good "best of both worlds" implimentation is to recommend that
users start with a fresh LFS system, as the host, but I still think that
the SLFS book should be written as a from scratch. I know the arguments
for both sides are valid..  And maybe it can start off it's life (SLFS
that is) as an extention to LFS to get the book underway, but I think
the ultimate goal should be a standalone build, from toolchain through
completion. No requirements for pre-building anything that is not in the
book.  I think the end goal should be a printed, published book, with a
BootCD and all sources, included in the book, as well as the online
errata pages etc.  I know it's a bog project, and I am sure alot of the
hesitation is because the task seems so daunting..  but as the famous
saying goes, even a journy of a thousand miles begins with a single
step.  Our first step has been taken - the decision that this was a
needed thing, and that we wanted to build it.  Now that we took the
first step, let's all agree on the destination.  How we get there we can
work out tomorrow, or the next day, or next week (next year to be exact
;)

Sound acceptable?

   Rob Day (BOFH)

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