Re: [Gnewsense-dev] Re: GNU project preference?

[Karl Goetz]

On Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:35:49 +0200
Simon Josefsson <address@hidden> wrote:

> Robert Millan <address@hidden> writes:
> 
> > On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 09:47:28AM +0200, Simon Josefsson wrote:
> >> Some of the default tools in gNewSense are non-GNU projects, even
> >> though a GNU-project exists that implements the same tool.
> >> Wouldn't it be nice if gNewSense preferred the GNU tools when
> >> possible?
> >> 
> >> For example:
> >> 
> >> * /usr/bin/telnet - this is NetKit but GNU InetUtils exists
> >> * /usr/bin/ftp - this is NetKit but GNU InetUtils exists
> >> * /bin/ping - this is NetKit but GNU InetUtils exists
> >
> > I'm making those the default.  Will be effective next time we
> > resync with the bazaar repo.
> 
> Great!
> 
> I spent some time learning live-helper..  Will things work if I point
> it to the metad repository?  Is your work any near a point where you

Have a go, let us know what happens.

> can publish step-by-step instructions how to build a livecd for
> gnewsense metad?

I suspect not (Since we don't currently have one), but I'll let Robert
answer that definitively...

> >> * /bin/sh - this is dash but GNU Bash exists
> >
> > Bash and dash serve different purposes.  Bash aims to have lots of
> > useful features and dash aims to implement the minimum required by
> > POSIX.
> 
> Yeah, I guessed that part may be controversial. :-)
> 
> Still, having a distribution that preferred GNU tools over non-GNU
> tools everywhere would be something I'd want to use as a reference
> system to make software I create work as smooth as possible.

Its temping, isn't it? :/
Is there a lightweight GNU shell?
kk

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Karl Goetz, (Kamping_Kaiser / VK5FOSS)
Debian contributor / gNewSense Maintainer
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