Bart Smaalders wrote:
> The list here was by no means inclusive.  For fun, consider the following:
> 
> * Explore the issues involved in adding a needed package to a
>    minimized, patched system today.
> * Describe the problems inherent in applying patches that are
>   not compatible w/ the currently running kernel/userland.
> * describe what a developer must do to insure that patching
>    and packaging work correctly if two packages exchange files.

 From watching the ARC side of this stuff for many years, I'd interject
that *each* of these bullets is a non-trivial research project that
probably would be good for a reasonably interesting term paper...

   -John



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