Craig Jackson wrote these words on 07/13/07 18:02 CST: > I don't know how to say this > delicately, so I will just say it.
And being one that appreciates such candor, I applaud your message. > It seems futile for me to attempt > to test for LFS for the simple fact that the x86 architecture's days > are limited. You can barely buy a new system off the retail shelf > that isn't at least a single-core athlon64. I am very curious where > the efforts will change with regard to the very dedicated LFS > developers. Do you have any plans to eventually begin work on CLFS > when the time is right? This should not spark a flame war, you make a very concise and to the point statement/question that deserves discussion. However, the CLFS fork was mostly due to some dev's dissatisfaction with the decisions that were made a *long* time ago. It's my belief there is still animosity. I have thought about this many, many times. To the point of sending private emails to some of the CLFS devs/major users. *All* of them that I contacted have said that a merge or even an attempt at a merge of our (LFS/BLFS devs) efforts with the CLFS team would never work, or even be contemplated. That said, for (B)LFS devs who weren't envited to join CLFS, they will never be able to, if what I've been told is true. Recently, I've been away from the project, some of it due to the fact that I'm using 64 bit arch's and my work on these platforms is now of no value to BLFS, nor am I able to contribute meaningfully to CLFS. Yes, I agree the (B)LFS days are limited. I've been trying to get the BLFS book somewhat up to date in the last couple of weeks, as I believe there's still a niche out there. x86 archs will be in use for some time to come in various capacities, especially in dedicated server use. You ask if there are "any plans to eventually begin work on CLFS when the time is right". Unfortunately, I don't believe it is an option at this point. -- Randy rmlscsi: [bogomips 1003.23] [GNU ld version 2.16.1] [gcc (GCC) 4.0.3] [GNU C Library stable release version 2.3.6] [Linux 2.6.14.3 i686] 18:17:00 up 1 day, 11:24, 1 user, load average: 0.06, 0.01, 0.00 -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
