[Bug-zile] Re: Please consider merging patches from my github fork

[Reuben Thomas]

On 4 April 2011 03:01, Gary V. Vaughan <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> I foresee two problems with this:
>
>  i) Having an autogen.sh not find new enough autotools and installing
>     them behind my package manager's back is a little scary.

I'm not suggesting that, really. I'm suggesting you have a script
which sets up your environment on Mac OS like that.

> It all seems like a lot of fuss.  Better, IMHO, is to notice early enough
> and bail out of the bootstrap script to let the developer fix the problem
> with apt/rpm/brew himself, and then start again.

Sure. That it doesn't is a bug, but that's already the topic of another thread.

> My holy grail: A readonly linux distro (or at least one that resets
> back to default on every reboot) that fits on a 16Gb microSD

This exists, right?

http://blog.s97729.gridserver.com/

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