This is the first time I have ever been involved in the layout of a distribution and I am wondering how it all comes together. Is there any description of the process anywhere? What specifically occurs to me is the setup of configuration files for core applications. My number one gripe with modern Linux distros, apart from the LILO 1024 problem ;) is the amount of junk which gets installed into the KDE menu --- most of those applications may never be needed by the average non-geek user and there should at least be an option to exclude or to strip them. I have also noticed a few very minor problems (minor for an experienced person, but a 'bug' to those new to Linux or Unix): 1) /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf contains the comment line # Documentation for modules is in "/home/httpd/manual/mod" in HTML format. this should read "/home/httpd/html/manual/mod" and the default home page needs to include a link to this and whatever module options are included 2) Although PHP3 works out of the box, my midgard module reports that it cannot be found. I suspect I should not have chosen *both* midgard and PHP3, but from the prompts and comments in the conf file, I'd assumed midgard was an extension of php, and only later discovered there are no docs whatsoever for midgard anywhere in the known universe. 3) /home/httpd/perl/httpd.conf.pl uses a different doc root than the installed Apache. 4) isapnp gets the port number wrong on my hardware. A minor point, but somethat that could trip anyone with a PCI or motherboard ASUS sound card. 5) cdrom/doc index does not link to Mandrake manual There are probably others. I am curious to know if there is a master installed image or CVS archive of all mandrake packages somewhere so we can check out the errant config files, correct them, and perhaps log a patch so the same fix can be applied when the package is updated by its authors. How do we ensure each release contains consistent installation parameters for all the many Mdk packages? Then again, maybe I dream too much ;) -- Gary Lawrence Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> TeleDynamics Communications Inc Business Telecom Services : Internet Consulting : http://www.teledyn.com Linux/GNU Education Group: http://www.egroups.com/group/linux-education/ "Computers are useless. They can only give you answers."(Pablo Picasso)
