Re: LFS is at 6.5 BLFS is at 6.3 Why?

2009-11-24 Thread rhubarbpie
Bruce Dubbs wrote: rhubarb...@poetworld.net wrote: I understand why the version BLFS is often behind LFS. However, I do think the "one or two months" BLFS statement should be changed as it hurts credibility. OK, done. -- Bruce I just checked the site. That's much better.

Re: LFS is at 6.5 BLFS is at 6.3 Why?

2009-11-24 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Nicolas FRANCOIS wrote: > PS : As a matter of fact, I'm french, so I don't quite understand > FOAD :-) It's rude and crude. It has no place on the lfs mailing lists. -- Bruce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsu

Re: LFS is at 6.5 BLFS is at 6.3 Why?

2009-11-24 Thread stosss
> This just shows that you missed the point of the LFS project : I understand the point of the LFS book > > And my attitude is not shitty as you say, Yes it is! "Hey, guys, your book > sucks, if I did it myself, it would be much better, faster... etc.". That was how you took my post that was no

Re: LFS is at 6.5 BLFS is at 6.3 Why?

2009-11-24 Thread Bruce Dubbs
stosss wrote: > I just got to the point of doing BLFS. I know the project is > volunteer. All the books say use whats recommended in the book. Why > release something just because it is ready when the next part (the > more important part) is not. I was just asking straight forward > questions. Th

Re: LFS is at 6.5 BLFS is at 6.3 Why?

2009-11-24 Thread Nicolas FRANCOIS
Le Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:03:36 -0500, stosss a écrit : > > I think one thing is not in the book : the answer to the question > > "why is this package not in the book/why is this version so old/why > > doesn't the book evolve any faster...". > > > > Come on, guys, what do you think you are dealing w

Re: LFS is at 6.5 BLFS is at 6.3 Why?

2009-11-24 Thread stosss
> I think one thing is not in the book : the answer to the question "why > is this package not in the book/why is this version so old/why doesn't > the book evolve any faster...". > > Come on, guys, what do you think you are dealing with ? This is an > entirely free, cooperative work. Nothing advan

Re: LFS is at 6.5 BLFS is at 6.3 Why?

2009-11-24 Thread Bruce Dubbs
rhubarb...@poetworld.net wrote: > I understand why the version BLFS is often behind LFS. However, I do > think the "one or two months" BLFS statement should be changed as it > hurts credibility. OK, done. -- Bruce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://

Re: LFS is at 6.5 BLFS is at 6.3 Why?

2009-11-24 Thread rhubarbpie
> > There is a note on the BLFS that says in one or two months a new BLFS > will be released. There is no date as to when that was put there or a > target date for release. What is the target date for that one or two > months? > > > I understand why the version BLFS is often behind LFS. Howeve

Re: LFS is at 6.5 BLFS is at 6.3 Why?

2009-11-24 Thread Matthew Burgess
On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:23:03 -0500, stosss wrote: > Why does LFS stay so far ahead of BLFS? What is the point of building > the newest LFS if the BLFS files are older and probably won't work or > would be replacing newer versions of apps with older versions? BLFS, like all of the LFS projects is

LFS is at 6.5 BLFS is at 6.3 Why?

2009-11-24 Thread stosss
Why does LFS stay so far ahead of BLFS? What is the point of building the newest LFS if the BLFS files are older and probably won't work or would be replacing newer versions of apps with older versions? There is a note on the BLFS that says in one or two months a new BLFS will be released. There i