On Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:35:49 +0200 Simon Josefsson <[email protected]> wrote:
> Robert Millan <[email protected]> writes: > > > On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 09:47:28AM +0200, Simon Josefsson wrote: > >> Some of the default tools in gNewSense are non-GNU projects, even > >> though a GNU-project exists that implements the same tool. > >> Wouldn't it be nice if gNewSense preferred the GNU tools when > >> possible? > >> > >> For example: > >> > >> * /usr/bin/telnet - this is NetKit but GNU InetUtils exists > >> * /usr/bin/ftp - this is NetKit but GNU InetUtils exists > >> * /bin/ping - this is NetKit but GNU InetUtils exists > > > > I'm making those the default. Will be effective next time we > > resync with the bazaar repo. > > Great! > > I spent some time learning live-helper.. Will things work if I point > it to the metad repository? Is your work any near a point where you Have a go, let us know what happens. > can publish step-by-step instructions how to build a livecd for > gnewsense metad? I suspect not (Since we don't currently have one), but I'll let Robert answer that definitively... > >> * /bin/sh - this is dash but GNU Bash exists > > > > Bash and dash serve different purposes. Bash aims to have lots of > > useful features and dash aims to implement the minimum required by > > POSIX. > > Yeah, I guessed that part may be controversial. :-) > > Still, having a distribution that preferred GNU tools over non-GNU > tools everywhere would be something I'd want to use as a reference > system to make software I create work as smooth as possible. Its temping, isn't it? :/ Is there a lightweight GNU shell? kk -- Karl Goetz, (Kamping_Kaiser / VK5FOSS) Debian contributor / gNewSense Maintainer http://www.kgoetz.id.au No, I won't join your social networking group
signature.asc
Description: PGP signature
_______________________________________________ gNewSense-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnewsense-dev
