On Mon, 17 Nov 2003 11:51:43 -0500, Matt Zimmerman wrote: > On Mon, Nov 17, 2003 at 01:45:05AM -0500, Andres Salomon wrote: > >> I can think of a few ways to offer the above. The first is a standalone >> distribution, based on debian but with various enhancements (not a novel >> idea, by any means). We could either base this on testing, doing snapshot >> releases every 3-6 months, and offering security fixes, or >> on stable w/ various backports. We would probably >> have a stripped-down installer based on d-i, w/ the stock kernel being >> similar to redhat's kernel. >> >> Another way would be to have a debian sub-project; this would have a >> kernel that includes extra (enterprise) features >> (kernel-image-2.4.22-enterprise-1-686smp), amongst other things. I'd also >> like to see enhancements to d-i, work done to ease things like php into >> testing, and (if based around testing) security updates for testing. > > If the sub-project approach would mean that the new packages and > enhancements would be folded into Debian, then I think that is definitely > preferable. I do not think that basing it on testing is the best approach; > in my experience, enterprises prefer a longer (stable) release cycle than > testing's daily churn.
Normally I'd agree; however, one of the issues I'm trying to resolve is the need for numerous backports. However, I do believe the subproject/kernel is a good start. I would prefer to see it based around testing snapshots, not necessarily testing itself.
