On 31/10/2007, Chris Mahan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 10/31/07, Tim Foster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dredging up the past, or looking at where we've come from wrt. > > distributions isn't making forward progress. I say, let's run with > > what's happening now, and see where it takes us. Come on in, the water's > > fine! > > > > I personally think more distros haven't come up because the code to fully > compile the OS isn't all open-sourced. > > I could be wrong, of course. This is just my gut feeling.
I'd say that it's more likely because it's *dang hard work*. However, with the advent of the Distribution Constructor, prepare for a flood :) That's why we need those guidelines! Snap to it folks! -- Shawn Walker, Software and Systems Analyst http://binarycrusader.blogspot.com/ "We don't have enough parallel universes to allow all uses of all junction types--in the absence of quantum computing the combinatorics are not in our favor..." --Larry Wall _______________________________________________ indiana-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/indiana-discuss
