Mike Noyes wrote:
> Disclaimer: This is just my view, and it's probably wrong.
These are all our own personal views; the same disclaimer applies.
> My interpretation of the taxonomy leads me to believe that once you start
> doing kernel patches you are creating an embedded distribution. I'm unsure
I don't think so...I see it as a large combination of things, which
could be completely void of kernel patches or any other given detail;
you are creating an embedded dist when you either start from scratch
and build it up one file or package at a time; or when you
significantly change the design and content of a given distribution:
for example, if Oxygen, having updated, added, and removed binaries
and scripts, also had a different directory structure, I'd call it
a new distribution; if not, definately after a new package format.
> of the support issues it will raise. Will we then submit our patches to
No major support issues...nowhere near as much as we get for
custom scripts, for sure. Who the heck would want to use a LEAF
initrd patch? For what? My desktop system boots fine with an
unpatched kernel.. ;)
> Linus for inclusion in the kernel? I may be wrong, but I think this is a
Not required to submit our patches. I don't think Dave did...and
as I said, who would want 'em?
> can of worms we don't want to open. I think we should let Montavista,
If we did submit them, then they would be supported by Linux
kernel mailing lists much more than we ever see.
> Lineo, Lynuxworks, and Dave Cinege worry about creating kernel patches for
> Linux. We can then use their patches/distributions to create our target
> environments.
But, that leaves us out in the cold, waiting. Why wait if we can do it?
Really, as you say, though; it's up to the individual developers, as
LEAF isn't a single project to be developed, but a project to support
projects.
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