On Sat, 2003-07-12 at 11:05, Marc E. Fiuczynski wrote: > I agree with Peter's notion that LEAF is basically a specialized Linux > distribution. Developers create packages that are either included into a > "release" or "branch". In that sense, LEAF is basically like Debian or what > have you, but specialized towards the use of routing.
Marc, You may find this document of interest. It's a work in progress, but it should give you an indication of where LEAF is going. LEAF: Project Description & Goals (draft revision) http://sourceforge.net/docman/display_doc.php?docid=1396&group_id=13751 > For the moment LEAF's package subsystem is 'ok' when there are only a > handful of packages. But when the list of packages continues to grow and the > interdependencies become more complex, the current LRP package system wont > hack it. Seems to me that the LEAF project would vastly benefit from > adopting the recent Debian Mini-Distribution for Diskless Routers > (http://www.debian.org/News/weekly/2003/27/). In other words, create a > Debian LEAF distribution that trims the fat from Debian, but otherwise > adopts the benefits of debian's package system. Various alternate package formats (udeb, ipkg, etc.) have been discussed on leaf-devel in the past. Discussion on this topic is welcome on our leaf-devel mailing list. > Of course, this will likely require a leap away from being a floppy-based > linux router. However, I would argue that limiting LEAF to a floppy-based > installation is going to kill it in the long-run. In fact, the WISP > distribution of LEAF already requires more space than what fits into a > single floppy. And, as Peter mentioned, more packages are being continuously > developed and added --- which is a good thing! LEAF hasn't been floppy only in years. The mention of floppy is a result of our project members desire to keep LEAF release/branch footprint as small as possible. -- Mike Noyes <mhnoyes at users.sourceforge.net> http://sourceforge.net/users/mhnoyes/ SF.net Projects: ffl, leaf, phpwebsite, phpwebsite-comm, sitedocs ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email sponsored by: Parasoft Error proof Web apps, automate testing & more. Download & eval WebKing and get a free book. www.parasoft.com/bulletproofapps1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ leaf-user mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user SR FAQ: http://leaf-project.org/pub/doc/docmanager/docid_1891.html
