Re: GNU From Scratch

2005-12-26 Thread Lluis
El Mon, Dec 26, 2005 at 10:10:49PM +0100, Alfred M. Szmidt ens deleit? amb les seg?ents paraules: >anyway, there's actually a tool to create a system from scratch on >Bee > > This has already existed for the GNU system since about 1 year now. > sorry, but we didn't know about any worki

Re: GNU From Scratch

2005-12-26 Thread Alfred M\. Szmidt
anyway, there's actually a tool to create a system from scratch on Bee This has already existed for the GNU system since about 1 year now. ___ Bug-hurd mailing list Bug-hurd@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-hurd

Re: GNU From Scratch

2005-12-26 Thread Lluis
El Mon, Dec 26, 2005 at 09:22:00PM +0100, Alfred M. Szmidt ens deleit? amb les seg?ents paraules: > Making a usable system that is easy to upgrade, maintain, and use is far > more work than compiling things from scratch into some directory (which I > can do in about a minute, excluding compilati

Re: GNU From Scratch

2005-12-26 Thread Alfred M\. Szmidt
Is the GNU project propagating "one size fits all" here? You are always free to modify the system to fit your needs, this is one of the freedoms of free software. ___ Bug-hurd mailing list Bug-hurd@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-h

Re: GNU From Scratch

2005-12-26 Thread Patrick Leslie Polzer
On Mon, 26 Dec 2005 21:22:00 +0100 Alfred M\. Szmidt <"Alfred M\. Szmidt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: | No, it is a waste of time. More often than not you learn nothing, | since you are simply following steps that someone else has written for | you. Following instructions blindly is not learn

Re: GNU From Scratch

2005-12-26 Thread Alfred M\. Szmidt
Do you think this is feasible and sensible? No, it is a waste of time. More often than not you learn nothing, since you are simply following steps that someone else has written for you. Following instructions blindly is not learning, or exploring. Also, compiling a system from scratch is adho

GNU From Scratch

2005-12-26 Thread Patrick Leslie Polzer
Dear list, I think a "GNU From Scratch" project, where a detailed cross-compile process for kernel and system is presented, could attract a lot more developers to the GNU operating system and Hurd. Many people, like me, do not like Debian, and a lot like to roll their own system to g