Bruce Dubbs wrote: > I am thinking about adding a new section to the book to address two tickets: > > #2196 LSB compliance for LFS > #1673 Why is each package in the book? > > The tentative title of the section is "LFS and Linux Standards".
Hi Bruce, When I originally started thinking about #1673, I thought that we'd want to add a subsection to each packages' page in chapter 6 (probably just a one-liner underneath the SBU & Disk space measurements, entitled 'Rationale'). I think I like your idea a bit more though, as most packages' descriptions will be the same; something like 'Core build package; required for building most other packages'. So, in your proposal, we'd probably mention that most packages fit this description, then call out specific exceptions to this, so we'd probably have less than 10 descriptions in total, I'd think. It may even help us rationalize our package choices; if we can't think of a reasonable description of why a package is in the book, it's a good candidate for removal :-) > I'm thinking about adding it as the first section of the Introduction, > but it could go in the Preface, the Appendix, or some other location in > Chapter 1. It could also arguably go in chapter 3, where the full list of packages is provided for download. > The first issue I'd like to discuss now is the name and location. I'm > requesting feedback on the above proposal. 'Package Choice Rationale' could encompass both the packages we have selected and the adherence to or divergence from the standards you mention. As a side note, I can't believe this was raised 4 years ago. Time flies, eh? Regards, Matt. -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
