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.'
>
> What do you think? Can it be improved? Does it miss any purpose that the
> LiveCD should try to fill?
>
> I have many other thoughts, but I'll hold them until we're done
> discussing the stated goal.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jeremy
no argument here on the purpose of the livecd you put so succinctly.
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