We are in the process of putting together the feature list for the Distribution
Constructor project beyond the prototype release. The
proof-of-concept Distro Constructor has very limited functionalities as
specified our project page
(http://opensolaris.org/os/project/caiman/Constructor/)
We have come up with the following for the early 2008 release.
This is a very high level list of features. When we come to a more final
list, we will have further discussions about details on each item.
* From a GUI, the user should be able to select a list of packages to
be included to build a custom distro.
* From the command line, user provide the Distro Constructor (DC) with
a list of packages. The DC will pull in all other necessary packages
to create a self-consistent installation image.
* Given an existing distribution, the DC will create a new distribution
based on addition or subtraction of contents as specified by the user.
* Special configurations specified in the GUI or on the command line
can be saved to a file, and the file can be used as inputs to the DC.
* The DC release will come with a few predefined "useful"
configurations, which can be helpful to users who want to create their
custom distribution with some minor modification.
Features not to be included in the early 2008 release, but will be
consider for the future.
* Create a distribution based on an installed and configured system.
We welcome your comments and suggestions on the above proposed feature list for
our first official release and beyond.
Thanks,
--Karen
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