I am sure everyone understands the position you find yourself in. I am interested in playing a more involved role. I know I haven't contributed much as of yet, and have been quiet on the list. This was mostly due to the lack of a direct project plan and outlined milestones. If nothing else I would like to take some time to propose short term goals.
1. Package refresh up to LFS stable where applicable. (Already in progress.) 2. CLFS style Cross compile instructions for x32 and x64. (Groundwork laid in 64bit patch updates and temporary bootable /tools.) 3. Return to XML style book. (Shell scripts can be generated from XML book, or ALFS can be used.) 4. Completion of book text. I would consider point 3 to be debatable, but my reasoning for that point is that it is the single largest divergence from the *LFS books as of yet. Generating scripts from the XML files should be a fairly reasonable undertaking. ALFS has worked for me in the past, but I am not clear on the level of maintenance on that project. Either way I think the XML book has it's merits. All four of those items can be broken down into a series of milestones and man hours can be assigned to each of the tasks leading to the milestones. At which point it would be possible to give target dates for the completion of each task. Much of this work can be divided among anyone who is willing to help, but I think a clear schedule of work is the most important factor in pushing the project forward. As a show of support and good faith I will be working toward point 1 starting with a package by package review of what needs updating. I will follow up on this mail with a list of packages and what I consider a reasonable breakdown of the work involved. I should be able to compile that list tomorrow and begin working to toward goal 1 after I send a follow up email. RBaker On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 10:11 PM, Robert Connolly <rob...@linuxfromscratch.org> wrote: > > Hello. > > When I first got involved with LFS and HLFS I had a lot more free time to > contribute, and over the years I have less and less. I have been trying to > keep HLFS alive with free time on long weekends, but even this is getting > difficult. I haven't been able to maintain HLFS for a long time, and I have > been avoiding admitting it. > > HLFS needs a new maintainer, or maintainers. If anyone wants the job they > would have artistic control to do what they want with the project. I'll > personally support any changes as long as it stays "Linux from scratch". > > I want to continue to contribute to, and support, all the LFS based projects > to the best of my ability. I'm not quitting or walking away, I'm just not > capable of fullfilling my responsibilities to HLFS anymore. > > robert > > -- > http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/hlfs-dev > FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ > Unsubscribe: See the above information page > -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/hlfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
