[1688] in SIPB_Linux_Development
Re: Redhat 4.2/Linux-Athena
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Derek Atkins)
Wed Jun 4 10:27:59 1997
To: Erik Nygren <nygren@MIT.EDU>
Cc: Chris Murphy <chris@MIT.EDU>, linux-dev@MIT.EDU
From: Derek Atkins <warlord@MIT.EDU>
Date: 04 Jun 1997 10:27:47 -0400
In-Reply-To: Erik Nygren's message of Wed, 04 Jun 1997 01:58:33 EDT
We already discussed this on linux-dev, at length. I was fairly sure
we had consensus to move to an SRVD model.
The plan is to base installation on an srvd system. Users may choose
to install parts of the system locally via "pseudo-packages".
Basically, instead of using RPM, you'd use SPM, and it would allow you
to move, say, "kerberos", "zephyr", "mh", and "discuss" locally, and
everything else would still point to the srvd.
I feel that the new design is the best of both worlds. It allows for
a rapid installation and can use much less local disk space as
required. It also allows people to choose to bring packages local.
The design also calls for an 'integrity check' at boot/reactivate
time, to notify the user if the local machine differs from the srvd.
So, basically, you can still get the functionality of what currently
exists (to choose to install certain packages locally). The
difference is that it will use a new pseudo-package manager rather
than RPM.
Chris, is that acceptable to you?
-derek
Erik Nygren <nygren@MIT.EDU> writes:
>
>
> > components will be in an srvd. Any chance people can still get RPMs
> > along the lines of what exists now? Those are extremely useful for
> > people who what some Athena functionality (Kerberos, zephyr, mh,
> > discuss for example), but don't want/need/can't use a complete
> > Athena workstation setup. This would include people with home
>
> A strongly agree with Chris. IMHO, the ability to have
> control over what is on your machine and to only have
> some Athena software rather than an "Athena workstation" is
> one of the most important aspects of Linux-Athena.
>
> Erik
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