On 21/06/2019 00:57, Bruce Dubbs via blfs-dev wrote: > Over the last couple of weeks I have been building a new version of LFS/BLFS > using DJ Lucas' elogind branch. With the addition of elogind and a few other > changes, we will be able to add gnome to the System V version of the book. > > The process will look like this: > > a. Freeze update to the current svn version of the book. > b. Synchronize the current version into the elogind branch. > c. Move the current trunk to a branch > d. Move the elogind branch to the trunk, > e. Touch up titles, changelog, attribution, etc > > Individual scripts should continue to work for the most part, but some > instruction changes may be required. > > The systemd version of BLFS should be unchanged, but it's possible that some > of the System V changes may sneak in. > > I'll note that adding gnome is a lengthy task. Just building the required and > recommended dependencies requires building about 325 packages after LFS is > complete. > > The timing of this change is being made now in order to have the entire month > of July for testing and debugging before the August push for a September > release. > > My thought right now is to make the next LFS/BLFS version become 9.0 due to > the magnitude of the changes. > > Please post any questions or concerns on the blfs-dev mailing list (not > support). >
Although they're not working as smoothly as I would like, the blfs tools for jhalfs allow to build a full blfs within a couple of days (or more, depending on the amount of time you accept to spend fixing scripts each day :). So, as soon as we have something close to the final version, I can test it. Regards Pierre -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
