On Wed, 07 Mar 2018 15:57:56 +0000 jaquilina <jaquil...@eagleeyet.net> said:
it came through. i just replied. :) > Not sure if my reply from earlier today made it to the list as I then > got an email shortly after saying my address had been suspended from the > list, > God SF is a POS, but i digress there with that little rant. > > I am more then eager and willing to put together an enlightenment spin > on fedora 27 with binary packages in a custom repository that anyone > could connect to as needed. I would base it off master branch given that > fedora is the more bleeding side of RHEL and centos are based off of it. > > On 2018-03-07 15:52, William L. Thomson Jr. wrote: > > On Wed, 7 Mar 2018 14:56:13 +0900 > > Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) <ras...@rasterman.com> wrote: > >> > >> last i checked bodhi wanted to fork e because they didn't want to > >> update themes for compositing+wayland support (and e18 and on got > >> more overhead as more objects were in the canvas - this should have > >> been fixed by objects in buffers in evas but hasn't been to date) and > >> voted to fork instead. > >> > >> last i knew elive was on an ancient version of e. > > > > Ideally at some point the communities find some way to re-unite and > > combine efforts. That maybe more utopian than realistic. > > > >> when i am thinking a distro i am thinking something that is up to > >> date. probably 2 versions - last stable release one and a "bleeding > >> edge" one from git to show off new things. > > > > Not all distros are that up to date. Example I cannot find a deb for > > Debian or Ubuntu for newer libcheck/check. They still use 0.10.0... > > https://github.com/libcheck/check/releases > > > > I may have missed something but could not find one in ppa etc. For EFL > > I already have to use ppa stuff on Ubuntu in Travis. > > > >> > If not using either of those, I could likely help with one based on > >> > Gentoo. Either livecd or stage 4 base system, etc. > >> > >> a distro where people have to wait for everything to compile... i'm > >> not a fan of. > > > > The other choice is to wait for others to package stuff in binary > > format. Some distros are better than others. But who says it has to > > remain that way? Ever checked out Sabayon? A binary distro built on > > Gentoo. > > https://www.sabayon.org/ > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabayon_Linux > > > >> :( i think for gentoo having the gentoo emerge package > >> builds up to date and clean and tidy and well done is probably the > >> right thing. when i say "distro" i mean something that out of the box > >> just works. boots right into e. working desktop etc. etc. ... and if > >> they want to install more they don't have to wait for compiles. quick > >> package download+install and presto. > > > > That is Sabayon philosophy as well, "out of the box". > > > >> > I have all sorts of E stuff in my overlay, updated eclass, sets, > >> > etc. I already have a custom profile based on E, and could make > >> > others. > >> > https://github.com/Obsidian-StudiosInc/os-xtoo/blob/master/eclass/e.eclass > >> > https://github.com/Obsidian-StudiosInc/os-xtoo/blob/master/sets/e-desktop > >> > https://github.com/Obsidian-StudiosInc/os-xtoo/blob/master/sets/e-desktop-dev > >> > https://github.com/Obsidian-StudiosInc/os-xtoo/blob/master/profiles/linux/amd64/workstation/packages > >> > > >> > > >> > P.S. > >> > One reason I feel Gentoo and E/EFL are good for each other. Gentoo > >> > preffixes most everything with the letter e... > >> > >> hahahah! > >> > >> despite all of that. i don't think its a good experience for users if > >> they just want to try something out. :) i think gentoo is fine for > >> the kind of people who want precisely what it provides. that is not > >> imho the average user wanting an out-of-the-box experience. if those > >> were the users to address then a wiki page on how to compile and > >> configure an os for e is enough... that;'s not really what i think we > >> need though. > > > > I think your thinking of Gentoo as it is now, rather than a foundation > > to build what you want on top. Who says a E distro based on Gentoo > > would required compiling? E could easily compile stuff and setup a > > binhost etc. Lots of options if you think creatively. > > > > Plus you will want to build stuff to offer options. Otherwise you > > either ship with all the lights/bells and whistles turned on, or you > > choose for people. There are various compile time options for both EFL > > and E. Thus either need to provide different binaries for each combo or > > choose for people, which may exclude others. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > > _______________________________________________ > > enlightenment-devel mailing list > > enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > _______________________________________________ > enlightenment-devel mailing list > enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel > -- ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- Carsten Haitzler - ras...@rasterman.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
