-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 28-07-2005 22:56, Vagrant Cascadian wrote: >>>i'd still like to explore ways that we can coordinate ltsp and lessdisks >>>development(at least in the context of debian and ubuntu), since there >>>is so much overlap, now... >> >>My source code archive is here: >> >>http://people.ubuntu.com/~mdz/archives/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ >> >>development is taking place on ltsp--main--0. >> >>If you have identified some specific areas where we could share code, that >>would be a good start. > > > main area is in the chroot installation (server/ltsp-build-client). > > biggest problem is that everything is hard-coded. petter proposed a > patch to change some of the values using commandline options, i think. > > specificly, all of these should be configurable: ROOT, DIST, MIRROR, the > mirror components, the packages, kernel-img.conf options, what > additional scripts to run (ltsp-update-kernels, ltsp-update-sshkeys) > > the lessdisks-install script from lessdisks has many comparable values, > and they are also configurable: > > http://cvs.freegeek.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/lessdisks/install/usr-sbin/lessdisks-install?rev=HEAD > > lessdisks-install has considerably more complexity than > ltsp-build-client (for better and worse- the cold is old and crusty), > and i would like to consider writing a more generic chroot installation > tool. it seems like it would be easier to adapt (or re-write) > lessdisks-install to be able to install ltsp than the other way around. > and since lessdisks-install is in need of a re-write, i figure it might > be worth writing a generic chroot installation tool that can meet both > ltsp and lessdisks needs, and hopefully other chroot installations as > well. > > a big difference between the two scripts is that lessdisks-install > actually runs a significant portion of the install chrooted, to make it > less dependent on what exact version of lessdisks is installed on the > server and in the chroot. it first installs the lessdisks-terminal > package, which contains a script the lessdisks-install runs chrooted. > > on another note, i propose to carry on discussion on the debian-edu > list. would anyone like to be removed from the CC list on this thread?
Please move discussion to debian-custom instead. This topic does not sound that very specific to education... I have taken the bold step and cross-posted. Please follow-up only to debian-custom and the individuals (possibly) not subscribed there. Regards, - Jonas - -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist og Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ - Enden er nær: http://www.shibumi.org/eoti.htm -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFC6U8Un7DbMsAkQLgRAoglAKCEVhSm4CHpI8ti4c4SlC72ko21nwCePY8f PhLfzCqfjXomz/1I2y6XwTM= =O1dA -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
