Re: [gentoo-dev] New project: Gentoo Seeds

[Ciaran McCreesh <ciaranm@ciaranm.org>]

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On Wed, 20 Sep 2006 16:45:24 -0400 Seemant Kulleen <seemant@gentoo.org>
wrote:
| On Wed, 2006-09-20 at 20:33 +0100, Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
| > On Tue, 19 Sep 2006 20:00:59 +0100 Stuart Herbert
| > <stuart@gentoo.org> wrote:
| > | I've created a new project, called Gentoo Seeds [1].  The aim of
| > | the project is to create stage4 tarballs which can be used to
| > | 'seed' new boxes with ready-built Gentoo solutions.
| > 
| > Wouldn't this be considered a wide ranging feature or enhancement to
| > Gentoo?
| 
| It doesn't seem to affect a large set of people, it's totally
| optional, and right now, it's just exploratory.  Do we really need to
| mire it in bureaucracy?  I'm honestly asking.

A GLEP doesn't have to be bureaucracy. It can be nothing more than a
way of ensuring that the correct technical decisions are made. For a
project that could end up affecting a lot of people, getting the design
right and determining exact goals is a very useful first step.

-- 
Ciaran McCreesh
Mail            : ciaranm at ciaranm.org


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