>>>> The issue is trying to hit a moving target. >>> That is exactly the big problem! >>> You will *always* be working on BLFS for more than 1 day. > > On 2/16/10, Ken Moffat wrote: >> http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/downloads/svn/ >> OK, I admit it looks just like a load of patches, but within >> it there are two tar archives, for blfs-book (-svn-html, >> currently 2010-02-16) and blfs-bootcripts (currently >> 2009-03-02). >> simples :) > > That doesn't solve the moving target because there is only the latest copy.
I don't like the moving target either, but I have seen that it does not change all that much. Some times there are no changes for several days. Even if there are changes every day they might not be changes in the package version but changes in the text with no changes to packages. Some times the packages that change are ones that you haven't even gotten to yet or have no intention of installing. I switched from the 02-03-2010 to 02-15-2010 and found openssl, CA bundle, and wget had changed which I had already installed. I ran the changes and the system still works, nothing broke. I also saw that unzip had changed, no problem because I was about to install unzip. I installed the new one. Those were the only changes that effected my build with no adverse consequence. The key to the moving target is the change log has to be up-to-date and correct so you can see what changed. I am not saying its not. This is why I would really like to see the book devs go to posting a snapshot only when there has been a change to the book. If the snapshot was only posted when changes happen then you would only need to check the site every night to see if you do need to download the new version. Book devs I am not complaining. I am making a suggestion and this is not an unrealistic suggestion. It would be very useful to everyone and would not have any impact on the book. -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
