Agathoklis D. Hatzimanikas wrote these words on 02/16/10 15:21 CST: > But, if both Book maintainers say that there is no need for a BLFS release > anymore, then at > least we have to find a workable scheme, so we can give to the developers and > users a clear > target and don't leave them in the mist.
I'll try to address several of the items in this thread in this one single reply. First, to Ag, I didn't say we would never release again. It is just getting Editor's to do the work, which we haven't had a lot of lately. I really would like to get a version out that is compatible with LFS-6.5. We may even be close. I can do the release management stuff, it is simple and not time consuming. But we need to get the book in a state where things are stable. Right now, GNOME is almost there. X has some changes that need to be done. I'm currently doing many packages. I can actually see a release happening. Next, about the idea of breaking the book up and letting the community do the work. That is what the Wiki is for, so I am against breaking up the book. Next, about the moving target. As soon as we release, we have a stable combination of LFS-6.5 and BLFS-6.5. It should be rock solid. Next, someone is worrying about LFS releasing with GCC-4.4. So what? Current development LFS is so bleeding edge, I'd bet there is no distro as current as LFS development. People, you don't need to move to the most current version of a package as soon as it is released. I am building up a LFS-6.5, BLFS-6.5 (soon to be) combination for production use. I will use that for a year or two as it is good enough and will be very stable. Please continue the discussion, as I want folks to be comfortable that we are going to *try* to release a new BLFS, it just may not happen due to lack of manpower. However, I really do see it happening. -- Randy rmlscsi: [bogomips 1003.22] [GNU ld version 2.16.1] [gcc (GCC) 4.0.3] [GNU C Library stable release version 2.3.6] [Linux 2.6.14.3 i686] 17:29:00 up 51 days, 22:37, 5 users, load average: 0.10, 0.11, 0.09 -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
