From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264297AbUEII76 (ORCPT ); Sun, 9 May 2004 04:59:58 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264315AbUEII76 (ORCPT ); Sun, 9 May 2004 04:59:58 -0400 Received: from [80.72.36.106] ([80.72.36.106]:23682 "EHLO alpha.polcom.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264297AbUEII75 (ORCPT ); Sun, 9 May 2004 04:59:57 -0400 Date: Sun, 9 May 2004 10:59:48 +0200 (CEST) From: Grzegorz Kulewski To: Rene Rebe Cc: john@grabjohn.com, shemminger@osdl.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, rock-user@rocklinux.org Subject: Re: Distributions vs kernel development In-Reply-To: <20040509.105253.26927810.rene@rocklinux-consulting.de> Message-ID: References: <409BB334.7080305@pobox.com> <20040509.084923.558886277.rene@rocklinux-consulting.de> <200405090707.i49776Iv000342@81-2-122-30.bradfords.org.uk> <20040509.105253.26927810.rene@rocklinux-consulting.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, 9 May 2004, Rene Rebe wrote: > 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. You have binary packages in Gentoo so you can build once for many machines. All you need is to add one option to /etc/make.conf. Grzegorz Kulewski