On Thu, 26 Jun 2003, Pablo Manalastas wrote:
..
> > By making your own distro, instead of deriving from say RedHat, you add
> > very little value. Anybody can type
> >
> > ./configure
> > make
> > make install
>
> I am sorry to disagree here, but making your own distro involves more than
> just typing these three lines.
I know. I was exaggerating the simplicity. Heck I could "build my own
distro" [not a distro per se but a configuration I like] just using
mkkickstart.
What BL seems to do is package a lot of products into the RH system. This
is a *sane* way of doing things. Why go through the drudgery of making all
those design decisions?
My point was -- building a distro of one's own "for the sake of having
one's own distro" is pointless. Originality? non-starter: build your own
kernel then we'll talk about originality.
IMHO if you want customization ("I want package this-and-that so I want my
own distro") you just build off an existing distro, e.g. my mkkickstart
example. I think BL did the right thing. But considering it's 95% RH,
maybe they shouldn't call it BL, but rather AERH (ASTI-Enhanced RedHat) or
something like that.. :)
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