Jeremy Huntwork wrote on 25-02-08 16:37: > Hello Everyone, > > It has recently been suggested to me that the LFS LiveCD project be > killed. The main arguments for this are, essentially: > > 1) It is currently unmaintained > 2) It removes the essential prerequisite of being able to configure a > Linux system > 3) It leads to less testing from other hosts > 4) A seeming lack of community interest in contributing. Especially, > essential testing (and reports on the results of tests!) on varied > hardware does not seem to be taking place > > As you may guess, I have mixed feelings about this. But after reflecting > on it a bit, my hesitancy to agree comes mostly from personal attachment > to the CD and perhaps not what is best for LFS. > > At this point I need community input. I realize that many of you may use > and appreciate the CD, just as I do. But realistically, this project > will die of its own if it does not get some help. And if that happens, > then LFS would be better off removing the dead weight. > > I have some energy and some ideas to put back into the project, but only > if I get some help with development and testing. I need to know two things: > > * Does the community still want the LiveCD project? (Consider that a > couple of the arguments above imply that the LFS LiveCD by its nature is > degrading the quality of LFS) > > * If so, is the community prepared to lend help in keeping it alive? > > If the answer to both questions is not a solid yes, I'm afraid that > we'll have no choice but to kill the project. > > -- > JH >
I personally have not used a LiveCD, but reading this whole longwinded discussion, it appears to me that one might first try to (re)establish a few goals and purposes for the LiveCD. For instance (some of these mentioned here partially overlap): 1. purpose: educational?? if so, down to what level of incompetence? 2. 'standalone' usability, or companion to the book? 3. usability: just basics (networking, toolchain) to get you going (as per the book?)? 4. final functionality: just a step in a building process, or a complete system more or less in itself This is just a quick toss; there might be others. bjd -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
