Re: So how do we get this going

[Andrew Resch]

On Wed, 2005-08-03 at 18:41 -0400, Barry deFreese wrote:
> OK, now we have a savannah project, how do we get rolling?  What do we
> need?  I still don't see how we are going to release jack without
> pounding on upstream for things like the >2Gb ext2fs patch, etc. But
> what do I know?
> 
> Here are some of my initial thoughts:
> 
> Installer:
> 
> 1. We need one.
> 2. Should (can?) it be native?
> 3. Can we take advantage of what Ben has done with the liveCD stuff or
> is that too Debian specific?
Yes, we can take advantage of it.
> 4. Do we need tmpfs fixed before anything?
> 
> Package Management:
> 
> 1. Where are we with this?
> 2. Are we hosting stuff on Savannah, gnu.org, or both?
I believe the idea is to host packages on gnu.org and source code on Savannah.

> Standards / Policy:
> 
> 1. Do we have anything with regards to Filesystem Heirarcy Standards?
> 2. Are we dumping /usr?
Hasn't it already been dumped?

> 3. What init system (does that even make sense?)
dmd

> 
> Where are we?  What do we need?  Alfred, you probably have the best
> ideas here.  I saw your TODO file and it is pretty comprehensive.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Barry deFreese (aka bddebian)
> 
> 

Andrew