Jeremy Huntwork wrote: > Hello Everyone, > > It has recently been suggested to me that the LFS LiveCD project be > killed. The main arguments for this are, essentially: > > 1) It is currently unmaintained > 2) It removes the essential prerequisite of being able to configure a > Linux system > 3) It leads to less testing from other hosts > 4) A seeming lack of community interest in contributing. Especially, > essential testing (and reports on the results of tests!) on varied > hardware does not seem to be taking place > > As you may guess, I have mixed feelings about this. But after reflecting > on it a bit, my hesitancy to agree comes mostly from personal attachment > to the CD and perhaps not what is best for LFS. > > At this point I need community input. I realize that many of you may use > and appreciate the CD, just as I do. But realistically, this project > will die of its own if it does not get some help. And if that happens, > then LFS would be better off removing the dead weight. > > I have some energy and some ideas to put back into the project, but only > if I get some help with development and testing. I need to know two things: > > * Does the community still want the LiveCD project? (Consider that a > couple of the arguments above imply that the LFS LiveCD by its nature is > degrading the quality of LFS) > > * If so, is the community prepared to lend help in keeping it alive? > > If the answer to both questions is not a solid yes, I'm afraid that > we'll have no choice but to kill the project.
I think we should just leave the project as quiescent, not kill it. A live CD is useful, but it doesn't have to be completely current. Just leave it alone for now and we can look into updating it when a change makes it necessary. For someone to use it, with a more current version of LFS, they will just need to download the sources separately. -- Bruce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
