On Mon Jan 12, 2004 at 05:40:36PM +0000, Wookey wrote: > +++ Erik Andersen [03-12-02 11:31 -0700]: > > I have also put considerable thought into what it means to be a > > debian embedded system and I plan to post a short writeup with > > some debian-embedded policy ideas at the same time. Things like > > init runlevel policy, faster boot time policy, dealing with > > documentation (which is generally unwanted when storing things > > into flash), and even dealing with build depends (such that one > > could actually recompile a complete debian embedded system in one > > go without needing a uber guru spending several weeks hacking > > packages to work around circular build depends), etc, etc. I've > > been writing up a document on the subject that I hope will start > > some interesting discussion. > > I think the time has come to post this doc somewhere erik as we're > discussing all this right now in an attempt to formulate a policy.
k > (And I should congratulate you on doing a fine job in terms of actually > compiling a great pile of stuff into what is effectvely emdebian 0.01) Thanks. Building a working debian system with uClibc is somewhat a culmination of several years worth of work... So its been on my todo list for a very long time. It took a long longer than I expected to get uClibc ready for such a thing to be possible. -Erik -- Erik B. Andersen http://codepoet-consulting.com/ --This message was written using 73% post-consumer electrons--
