On Thu, 2004-08-12 at 17:46, Ritesh Raj Sarraf wrote: > Hello all, > was just reading about componentized linux, Progeny etc. > Found the idea of comoponentization excellent. I just got > amamzed/confused with the following statemnt from Progenty. > > "Progeny Debian 2.0, A componentized linux distribution is based > and closely related to Debian Sarge". > > So, I'm happy with sarge. Is sarge componentized ??????
As I understand it, Progeny are building some "meta-packages" (aka "components") which reference carefully selected groups of standard debian packages. The idea (I think) is that you choose the appropriate Progeny meta-package and get a set of normal debian packages installed which Progeny has selected for quality and tested as a group. I imagine they'll offer things like a "mailserver" metapackage, a "firewall" metapackage, etc. Anyway, that's how I understand it. The description of "componentized linux" on the progeny site is rather abstract and difficult to understand. An interview I saw with Ian Murdock wasn't much easier to understand either :-) I do quite like the concept (assuming I've understood it right). You can get the same effect with normal Debian, but only if you know things like which individual packages you need to achieve your task, which of them is the best quality, which have the best security patch response period, and which ones integrate well together. Not that easy to figure out sometimes.. Cheers, Simon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
