RE: Rough development plan

Why not look at Gentoo and their portage system?

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> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] 
> Sent: 08 December 2003 12:42
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [e-smith-devinfo] Rough development plan
> 
> 
> On Sun, Dec 07, 2003 at 04:35:44PM +1100, Brad Hards wrote:
> > We will maintain up to four feature / package plans:
> > 1. The current minor release feature plan (ie the one we are 
> > developing). Right now, this is the 6.1 release plan. 2. The next 
> > minor release featureplan (which will be opened just before 
> we close 
> > the current minor release plan - features that aren't ready 
> get moved 
> > back a release). This will be 6.2, if there is such a 
> release. 3. The 
> > major release feature plan (cool stuff that can't make it into the 
> > minor release because it is too intrusive). Right now, this will be 
> > 7.0. 4. The next major release feature plan (which opens when the 
> > current major release plan closes. This would be 8.0.
> 
> Before you go much futher, I think there's a real need to 
> choose a 'meta package' handler.  Yum or Apt-rpm, for 
> instance.  This isn't a minor issue: E-smith is in sore need 
> of a Debian-like release system. If the distribution is 
> managed as a series of online package repositories with a 
> tool like Yum or Apt as the interface, you can then offer
> 
> 	* An easy upgrade path (possibly with no need for a reboot, if
> 	  managed properly)
> 	* The option of either keeping your system right up to date or
> 	  just doing security updates.
> 	* A simple way to add extra functionality that relies on a whole
> 	  set of packages rather than just one (e.g. Freeswan-based
> 	  vpns).  As things stand, it can be difficult to make sure
> 	  these extras continue functioning after an upgrade.  With a
> 	  yum or apt system, you simply include the extra repository and
> 	  install the appropriate virtual package.
> 
> Any thoughts?
> 
> -- 
> Bruce
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