From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1OWLrN-00071y-1D for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 07 Jul 2010 04:03:49 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id AC0FDE0AD0 for ; Wed, 7 Jul 2010 04:03:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 07781E0881 for ; Wed, 7 Jul 2010 03:58:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.1.2] (dsl081-240-085.sfo1.dsl.speakeasy.net [64.81.240.85]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 8A7101B4180 for ; Wed, 7 Jul 2010 03:58:39 +0000 (UTC) Subject: Re: [gentoo-embedded] [bugzilla-daemon@gentoo.org: [Bug 326991] Testing release of sys-libs/zlib-1.2.5.3 from unofficial sources (???)] From: solar To: gentoo-embedded@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <4C334DFF.3070303@tampabay.rr.com> References: <20100705232904.GB581@nibiru.local> <20100706103033.21783.qmail@stuge.se> <4C333028.1090306@wildgooses.com> <4C334DFF.3070303@tampabay.rr.com> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Gentoo Linux Date: Tue, 06 Jul 2010 20:58:37 -0700 Message-Id: <1278475117.5313.8.camel@here> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-embedded@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-embedded@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.26.3 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 3249582b-c2e9-4b1f-b441-81035b953328 X-Archives-Hash: d678184adcd2a9b9c03b39799edd3483 On Tue, 2010-07-06 at 11:38 -0400, wireless wrote: > Ed W wrote: > > > > The concept seems interesting though and as you say, exactly what an > > overlay should help with. > > Ah, yes the concept is reasonable. I would think that > working with smaller distros/elinux folks, maybe > those that have sprung up from LFS, would be a better fit > to build momentum for this idea? Then offer it to some > 'more visable' place like sourceforge (whatever) to use with > a wider audience. Maybe build a team of developers using the > system? > > pfsense, m0n0wall, IPCop, ..... Oddly enough I liked IPCop for SOHO. > The devs around Gentoo (particularly embedded) seem to be > an autonomous lot with ideas and aspirations of their > own..... indeed, I think that autonomy is what drives > many groups to work as they deem best for their flock..... This pretty much holds true about the devs that are motivated in gentoo to work on embedded related things. Infact the 'embedded team' is a very loose nit subset of the overall gentoo dev base. They come and go and work on what suits them. A few of us stick around for %s reasons. But anyway when we are talking about patching base system packages for an unknown timeframe, it's better to have it all upstream from the Gentoo POV. Overlays as mentioned in these threads otherwise. > > > I couldn't quickly find the official pages for OSS-QM, but some googling > > suggests there is a limited overlay available already here: > > http://repo.or.cz/w/oss-qm-packages.git/tree/GENTOO.overlay.master > > > http://www.metux.de/download/oss-qm-project-2010050101.pdf > -- solar Gentoo Linux