On 7/28/2010 9:19 PM, Jeremy Huntwork wrote: > Thanks for the thoughts everyone. It would be nice to reply to everyone > individually, but I don't have that kind of time tonight. I did read all > the comments though and they have all affected my thoughts on this. > > I agree with Dan's sentiment that purpose is key. That needs to be > defined clearly and then kept at the fore. Once the purpose is known, > then many of the other excellent comments and suggestions can fall into > place within the scope of the purpose. So let's postpone some of the > other items for now and discuss purpose. And actually, after some > thought, I think the purpose is fairly simple and straightforward. > > Originally, the CD came about because of the general sentiment that > installing a host distro to get started building LFS was annoying. Doing > so usually meant you couldn't use the whole hard drive for LFS without > doing some crazy acrobatics. A secondary purpose was to have a nice > packaged way to download the book, the sources you needed and a host OS > all in one shot. If you were forced to work offline, you had everything > you needed. > > I think those reasons are still essentially the main ones. Merge them > together and generalize it a bit, and what you get is: > > 'Provide a packaged system that equips a user with the tools they need > to build LFS and obtain online support while building.' I think describes what I think the CD should be to me. Very simple doesn't need to be fancy. Break it down to just a bootable system with a web browser (text, not graphical simplifies maintenance) and all sources you need.
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