On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 10:35 AM, James <[email protected]> wrote: > > I do not see the "/usr" types of systems (like a current gentoo workstation > or server) going away any time soon. What I hope WE can pull off at Gentoo > is integration of the best of the CoreOS ideas into "Gentoo proper".
I'm not suggesting that "/usr types of systems" are going away. I'm just pointing out that they're not really the focus of CoreOS (hosting them inside containers is, but not running these kinds of applications in the host itself). You seem to be wanting a minimalist profile of Gentoo, not CoreOS. I think many of us would love to see that, and I've been an advocate of paring down @system for just this reason. I just wouldn't use the term "CoreOS" with that as this is going to lead to confusion. CoreOS is a specialized distro intended to host containers, no more, no less. It isn't intended as a starting point for embedded projects or such. Sure, maybe you could make it work, but sooner or later CoreOS will make some change that will make you very unhappy because they aren't making it for you. But, again, I'm all for a more lightweight Gentoo profile that doesn't bundle stuff like openssh, or even an init implementation (since we have several to choose from now). -- Rich
