[2026] in SIPB_Linux_Development
Re: How about a new RH-A release for next year?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Aaron M. Ucko)
Mon Jun 1 11:06:25 1998
To: Derek Atkins <warlord@MIT.EDU>
Cc: Emil Sit <sit@MIT.EDU>, linux-dev@MIT.EDU
From: amu@MIT.EDU (Aaron M. Ucko)
Date: 01 Jun 1998 10:05:03 -0500
In-Reply-To: Derek Atkins's message of 01 Jun 1998 10:21:09 -0400
Derek Atkins <warlord@MIT.EDU> writes:
> As for the source tree, I agree that we should move to using
> source-sipb, and let sipb-athena die. I think most stuff there
> _should_ work on Linux, even with GLIBC. It will take some time to do
> the port, but a coordinated effort can quickly run through the tree.
> I'd recommend you make a file containing all the packages, and as
> someone tries to port a particular package you mark your name in the
> file. Then mark it as "done" when you check-in working code.
How about "subdirectories of athena/* and of third" instead of
"packages", and then dealing with the stuff packs separately?
> For auto-updates I think you'd need to install all of Linux into a
> locker somewhere (/os) so you can update from it. Either that or
> automate the update.pl script.
We *really* want the latter; the former defeats the purpose of RPM.
