On Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 01:46:38PM -0600, Gerard Beekmans wrote: > > I'd even want to go as far as considering adding a few options to > Chapter 2. We already have the single partition model and mentioning the > extra partitions (/home, /usr, etc). Would it be a bad idea to provide a > full LVM2 example there too? Yes, it'll potentially increase the load on > support but I feel it's worth exploring. > > For those that end up deciding against LVM for their build, the > appropriate packages in the book can then be skipped. This means the LFS > book will start to include more optional packages as a result and not > everybody is likely to install all of them anymore. I don't feel that's > a deal breaker. > > In the end it'll take more work to maintain the book and more work to > test the various scenarios we "officially" provide. It'll make the book > a bit more complex as choices have to be made when it comes to > installing packages. The added value all that provides is well worth the > extra work in my opinion. > No objections to choice, and therefore optional packages, but it might be the thin end of the wedge - e.g. some people think autotools could be skipped, and *most* of the time the LFS book doesn't need them (unlike BLFS, which needs them a lot of times when things in the base system have changed).
What really concerns me is that things may start to atrophy - again, compare BLFS - the paths less travelled are likely to break. But perhaps many people here will use the new options. Maybe it will also cause fun for jhalfs - that's not my concern. ĸen -- das eine Mal als Tragödie, das andere Mal als Farce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
