>>>>> "Paul" == Paul Whittaker <[email protected]> writes:
Hi, > I have practically zero interest in compiling anything from source > code. About the only occasions on which I've done this are to insert > branding, to add something that the distro doesn't have (yes, there > are things that Debian doesn't have, e.g. spice-xpi), and to rebuild > a component without unneeded options that add bulky dependencies. > What I want - and in my experience to date, what every embedded > firmware developer wants - is a pre-built JEOS (Just Enough Operating > System) that somebody else looks after (because I don't have time!) > that can serve has a host platform for our UI, scripting glue and > value-add. Sure, and that's the point of using an existing build system / distribution instead of rolling your own. If that comes as a set of prebuilt packages or (reliable) cross compilation recipes is imho a detail. > So I just dump extra stuff in /usr/local and be done with it. Sorry > if that offends your sensibilities, but I am in the business of > deploying firmware, not a beautifully packaged extensible general > purpose operating system! Don't get me wrong, tidy fine-grained > Debian packaging with accurate dependencies is extremely important to > me as a system builder when initially assembling the system. But > after that it's irrelevant. We are always under considerable time > pressure to get products out the door, so when it works we ship it, > no matter how ugly it is. Heh, I guess a lot of products are like that. -- Bye, Peter Korsgaard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
