Matthew Burgess wrote: <snip> > LFS-7.0: > > Now, here's the biggy. The jury's still out on this one :) I'd like to > see GCC-4.x in this one, but that's dependent on the stability of said > compiler with the rest of the toolchain (Glibc in particular) and its > effect on BLFS packages.
+1 on GCC 4.x if it's stable. My build is (for me). Additionally, of course, cross-lfs is to be > seriously considered at this point. I've not looked at Jim, Ryan, > Jeremy and Manuel's work yet, for which I can only apologise (yes guys, > *again*!). So, anyone wanting to see what it's all about and comment on > it, can see that branch of the book at > http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/view/cross-lfs/. despite my support for what JRJM have done here (your branch, your rules, hey!), I still think it's too complicated for the mainstream. > I also wanted to get some internationalisation work sorted out for LFS, > as I have to admit to being somewhat embarassed seeing all the > disclaimers dotted around the book stating that things don't work right > in multibyte locales. However, it looks like things are pretty largely > broken using upstream releases without heavy patching. Once things are > looking a little more settled in the GCC-4 and cross-lfs areas, we might > want to think about an i18n branch, so we can see exactly how big an > effect it has on the book. so where are the non-8bit-language (indeed, apart from Manuel and Alex, where are the non-ASCII) volunteers to test this? It's all very well to 'ack the lack' of multi-byte, but who is asking for it badly enough to actually help. I remember Alex trying to get simple i18n in, and not being universally supported. We need some volunteers as a pressure group or this will wither. Wakarimasu ka? > So, does anyone else have any feature requests/enhancements I've not > listed above? Anyone vehemently disagree with the above roadmap? If > so, I have a nearly-new hat available :) Better published Roadmap and faster release beat rate. Again volunteer dependent. Alternative init schemes ;-) ? A companion volume 'Bootscripts from Scratch' ;-) ? R. -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
