Am Sonntag, den 23.06.2019, 17:55 -0400 schrieb Joe Locash via blfs- dev: > Is there any interest in adding MATE to BLFS? I have it working, just > tweaking the minor issues out.
Due to change of my ISP, my answer to this thread gots lost in space. All of what I'd like to comment has been said in the meanwhile. Nevertheless, I'd like to resend my answer - see below. Joe, don't be frustrated. Its so much fun to do (B)LFS, with or without having the one or the other package in the book. See, I've managed to go thru BLFS based on a MultiLib-LFS (which is not "officially" supported, only available as a branch for those who knows that its there) upto having a running VirtualBox with running LFS as VMs :-). A good amount of packages required for that are not in the book. That said, just put together a text file with all the instructions to build MATE, post it here and we will see if we could take it over into the Wiki or store it at least as a hint. I think to support the situation that there are motivated contributors but we still lack on editor ressources, we should bring the wiki to a more prominent apperance. In my eyes, we have - "The Book" Actively maintained, verified and on checked stable versions. Thats where "official" (B)LFS is. - the Wiki refered to from existing pages, but otherwise hardly used - the Hints More or less "one-time" drop-ins for strange and esoteric matters What about if we could pull the Wiki more out of the background to have - "The Book" Actively maintained, verified and on checked stable versions. Thats where "official" (B)LFS is. - the Wiki refered to from existing pages, open for willing and authenticated users to put stuff in just like the book but without the need to be constantly verified and checked. Kind of "community area". Just pages like in the book, but not (neccessarily) under maintenance of the editors crew. Most of that is allready there, starting point is the http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/BlfsNotes link. If the pages are well-formed and demands are there, it might be relativly easy to take content over to the Book. - the Hints More or less "one-time" drop-ins for strange and esoteric matters Thoughts? --orig msg-- Cool stuff! Problem is once MATE is added to the book, it needs to be maintained, not only for the next few months but for years. But maybe an editor raises his hand to take that task. Unfortunatly, there are not that many of them. If you have recorded the steps and packages to build, a hint or a wiki page would be great. In those pages it is not that dramatic if an outdated version is referenced. Its the logic of building which make live interesting ;-) -- Thomas -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
