Jean McCormack wrote: > Jack Schwartz wrote: >> Hi Jean. >> >> On 12/16/08 07:51, Jean McCormack wrote: >>> Attached is what I believe is what we've decided upon. >>> I put the signpost after the packages since I believe it will be an >>> item that >>> is much more likely to be configured. >> The three main items in the manifest which can be changed to mold a >> distro (other than names and build areas), seems to me, are the >> package list, the bootroot files list and the finalizer script entries. >> >> Placing of this signpost implies that the finalizer script list isn't >> frequently modified. Do you think this is accurate? > I'm not really sure that people outside of our group are really > modifying the finalizer list. > I believe the real issue is what does "frequently modified" really > imply? I believe that build_area is going to be modified by most > people Beyond that, everything is a subset. I even debated about > whether the package list was frequently modified or not > but went with "yes" due to recent activity we've seen. >
I'd look at it like this: adding finalizer steps means writing additional scripts and really diving into the DC architecture, putting it on the less likely end. You might try to comment out some of the existing ones, but then you're doing advanced work as well. The purpose is to direct the newbies, that's all. The list of files on the root archive shouldn't need to change often; its purpose is to get the rest of the image mounted. Package lists are going to be an obvious point of experimentation, though, as you've observed. Dave
