From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264255AbUEIIxO (ORCPT ); Sun, 9 May 2004 04:53:14 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264315AbUEIIxO (ORCPT ); Sun, 9 May 2004 04:53:14 -0400 Received: from port-212-202-41-96.reverse.qsc.de ([212.202.41.96]:48877 "EHLO rocklinux-consulting.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264255AbUEIIxA convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Sun, 9 May 2004 04:53:00 -0400 Date: Sun, 09 May 2004 10:52:53 +0200 (CEST) Message-Id: <20040509.105253.26927810.rene@rocklinux-consulting.de> To: john@grabjohn.com Cc: shemminger@osdl.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, rock-user@rocklinux.org Subject: Re: Distributions vs kernel development From: Rene Rebe In-Reply-To: <200405090707.i49776Iv000342@81-2-122-30.bradfords.org.uk> References: <409BB334.7080305@pobox.com> <20040509.084923.558886277.rene@rocklinux-consulting.de> <200405090707.i49776Iv000342@81-2-122-30.bradfords.org.uk> X-Mailer: Mew version 3.1 on XEmacs 21.4.13 (Rational FORTRAN) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) X-Spam-Report: Spam detection software, running on the system "heap.localnet", has identified this incoming email as possible spam. The original message has been attached to this so you can view it (if it isn't spam) or block similar future email. If you have any questions, see the administrator of that system for details. Content preview: Hi, On: Sun, 9 May 2004 08:07:06 +0100, John Bradford wrote: > > Since other use this chance to propose already well known > > distributions > > To be honest, why use a distribution at all, or if you do use one, why worry > about 'following' it after installation, instead of using it as a base from > which to do your own thing? [...] Content analysis details: (0.0 points, 5.0 required) pts rule name description ---- ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------- Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi, On: Sun, 9 May 2004 08:07:06 +0100, John Bradford wrote: > > Since other use this chance to propose already well known > > distributions > > To be honest, why use a distribution at all, or if you do use one, why worry > about 'following' it after installation, instead of using it as a base from > which to do your own thing? In this case you might want to know that ROCK Linux is not yet another distribution but a distribution build kit including and build system to rebuild the whole distribution in a sorted and clean manner. And no, it is not like Gentoo where you need to rebuild on each box or so. > Of course, it sounds like a lot more effort to install whatever you need from > scratch, but you also more or less cut out distribution-specific issues, such > as one package depending on another, and of course you get much more > flexibility. Well, as I mentioned there is not much ROCK Linux specific in ROCK Linux. Mostly it consists of this auto build system including a huge set (1200 at the moment) package descriptions allowing convenient single package or whole system (re-)builds. http://www.rocklinux.org/handbook.html Sincerely yours, René Rebe - ROCK Linux stable release maintainer -- René Rebe - Europe/Germany/Berlin rene@rocklinux.org rene@rocklinux-consulting.de http://www.rocklinux.org http://www.rocklinux-consulting.de