<x-flowed>At 04:52 PM 12/11/00 -0600, "Charles Steinkuehler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Finally, I would like to move away from the use of eigerstein as a
>top-level name/definition. The use of the EigerStein name stops making
>sense as I migrate historical Materhorn content into CVS and migrate
>parallel Eiger versions (static & dynamic) to SourceForge alongside the
>existing EigerStein versions already there. The immediately obvious
>alternative is to use cstein, but this does not properly relate the
>concept that other developers are welcome to contribute. Perhaps I need a
>name like David D's Oxygen (maybe Fluorine...I'll see your 3.44
>electro-negativity and raise to 3.98...or is that 9 electrons to your 8?
>:) Any thoughts on this are welcome, as I would like to begin work on a
>leaf distribution based on a combination of 2.9.8, Eiger, and quite
>possibly some of the latest stuff David D's been compiling for Oxygen.
Charles,
I think you should choose a name like "ovate" LEAF or 'maple" LEAF.
http://www.hcs.ohio-state.edu/hort/biology/Lab/leaftypes.html
http://www.oplin.lib.oh.us/products/tree/leaf/byleaf.html
http://www.cnr.vt.edu/dendro/dendrology/syllabus/key/key1.htm
>My goals for constructing a leaf distribution would be:
>
>- Support for booting from any media supported by linux w/o kernel
>re-compiles
>
>- Support for root on a ramdisk, hardisk, or other media
>
>- Support for Read-Only boot media, with configuration information stored
>on an alternate writeable media (ie floppy, flash disk/array, etc).
>
>- Inclusion of default firewall scripts allowing easy configuration of a
>'typical' firewall, without interfering with the ability of advanced users
>to configure complex setups. Either a modified 'Materhorn/Eiger'
>script-set, or perhaps the sea-wall package would work here.
>
>I will have more specific questions & updates as I actually get around to
>creating the CVS trees, and updating scripts to add some advanced 'leaf'
>functionality.
This sounds great! :-)
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Mike Noyes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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