On 08/01/2004, at 10:47 PM, Larry Smith wrote:
Ryan, and all.... Any thoughts been given to using or incorporating "openpkg"(www.openpkg.org) into the picture. They already have several distro's that are supported and quite a few "app" layer things that are supported and it allows one to "add" things to a system without changing (or barfing) the coreinstall of that system...
Debian's packaging tools already do much of this magic :-) Besides, being able to use already existing packages makes maintainer life a heck of a lot easier.
R -- linux.conf.au 2004 - Adelaide, Australia http://lca2004.linux.org.au/ "Ford, you're turning into a penguin. Stop it."