Jeremy Huntwork wrote:
Thank you Justin. Sorry for such a strong reaction. I guess I was a
little annoyed because this was the type of thing I was hoping to avoid
by just using the old scripts and adding the necessary changes...
IMO, with the old scripts we wouldn't have been any better off. Trying
to add packages, patches, etc to the old Makefiles is so much more ugly
and complex than the new Makefiles. Also IMO, new releases of the
LiveCD are a given, as LiveCD depends on so many external elements like
the ftp packages repo, nALFS, now jhalfs and of course LFS. We would
have needed a 6.1.1-2 release with the old makefiles also. Changes
happen....new releases are required. I got chewed out enough in
#lfs-support for not releaseing a 6.1-4 LiveCD since it contained a lot
of bugs also, including not being able to build nALFS with the included
packages.
BTW, I have moved the 6.1-* and 6.1.1-1 LiveCD's to an "old" directory
on the ftp mirrors, so hopefully no one will download them thinking it
is the latest. If there are any others (like ppc since I don't know
them well) that should be moved also, let me know.
Anyway, no real harm done, and as usual, you already had the problem
under control.
Yes, and I am more confident about 6.1.1-2. I employed a team of
volunteer testers on the list and in #lfs-support who tested the beta
versions of 6.1.1-2 with me, and helped immensly with finding new bugs.
So, we should be back in business. The 6.1.1-2 release is out and has
been announced.
Justin
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