Re: independant project

[George Bonser <grep@oriole.sbay.org>]

Agreed on all points.  Must sleep, more tomarow.


On Thu, 12 Mar 1998, Erik Walthinsen wrote:

> > Comments?
> 
> Sounds like it could be very useful, especially if you are able to develop 
> certain things at the same time.
> 
> Given that such a release would be small in distribution, user-base, and 
> new code (i.e. no big UI), it would likely be an ideal way to learn how 
> best to do these things.
> 
> What I'd recommend is that you work towards developing the Core/Layers 
> idea, as well as developing the entire distribution in CVS with appropriate 
> support code to handle unstable/stable/release and the myriad of versions.
> I have many ideas in that area, and I'd love to have a small-scale test bed 
> in which to develop them.
> 
> If possible, I would like to keep SEUL involved in this project, not just
> for content, but for method.  Developing a special-purpose distribution in 
> parallel with developing the necessary support will allow SEUL to do the 
> right thing the first time.  It'll also help you get it done faster.... :)
> 
> If you have a basic requirements doc, post it here, and we can discuss how 
> to proceed.  I think developing this would be a logical project for 
> dev-distrib to help with, *before* building our own.
> 
> 
>      Erik Walthinsen <omega@seul.org> - SEUL Project system architect
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