On 18-04-2012 23:52, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > Ken, Andy, Ragnar, Armin, Fernando, > > Could you please let me know what you are planning to work on for the next > few > weeks. I've been working tickets and we are now down to 30!
No particular plans. I have tried and failed to build openjdk and web plugin (-: . I will try again. DJ, you are doing this. Please, would you think that sending me some instructions or draft, I could help you with this? > > I'm sure there are packages that are not quite up to date and not in the > ticket > system, but overall progress is excellent and we are as up to date as I've > seen > in probably 5 or more years. You editors are doing a great job! In the past, I had to search elsewhere to update packages. Now, it is difficult for me to keep machine packages updated to the books' ones. (LFS and BLFS)! > > Perhaps we should discuss an overall plan. Do we want to make any major > changes > or settle back to a maintenance mode for a while? Should we tackle a LiveCD > again? A major BLFS release seems attainable and desirable. About LFS, I saw just yesterday in DistroWatch: > OS Type: Linux > Based on: Independent > Origin: Canada > Architecture: i386 > Desktop: Fluxbox, GNOME, KDE > Category: Source-based, Education > Status: Active Openbox should be added, but I do not know how to comunicate with them. And they shoud reoplace "Active" by "Very Active" :-) LXDE could be added to the book, as I see it is now side by side with GNOME and KDE in all major distributions, and perhaps already more in use than XFCE and much lighter. > > By the way, I'd like to say a great big thank you to all of you who have > worked > so hard to improve this project in the last few months. The book is a > reflection of your dedication, skill, and knowledge. Great job! > > -- Bruce -- []s, Fernando -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
