Re: Packages build, news and bugs

[Philippe Lelédy <slitaz@xxxxxxxxx>]

Le 23/05/2011 12:06, Christophe Lincoln a écrit :
> > Great. When tools are built, I will start thinking about porting
> > SliTaz to powerpc
> What is the point ? Who needs that ?
ME ! I have a bunch of old PowerPC MacBook waiting for re-birth by SliTaz..
I also have enough processing power (Intel 2500K + 8Gb+ SSD) to rebuilt 
from scratch and anyway I always have to customize SliTaz.
Furthermore, I think SliTaz will be much more robust if it can't be 
rebuilt for more than one platform !
> > > Packages size
> > > -------------
> > > One new thing I also introduce is a compilation flag for GCC wich
> > > optimize packages for size. The option is -Os and we gain on all
> > > packages wich means a lot of megs in the all distro! I dont have all
> > > core packages builded yet, but I hope we will go back under 30Mb
> > > with this new flag.
> > This makes me feel very uncomfortable. What is the point ? Who needs
> > that ? Is it only for entering Guiness book of records ?
> Yes, just for the fame :-)
Thks. It's exactly what I was afraid of.
> > My decision about using or not using SliTaz doesn't depends on a few
> > less Mb, but on
> >
> > -1- Boot features: both boot speed and boot flexibility ( network )
> > -2- Execution speed and RAM used
> > -3- Ease of customization
> > -4- Fresh kernel 2.6.39
> We need help to prepare all patches for a new kernel. Mabe you can
Patches ? I thought that as mainstream 2.6.38 kernel has squashfs + xz 
compression it only remains aufs patches which will be forever out of 
mainstream. Ubuntu has 2.6.38 kernel with aufs patch.
> help ?
>
> > Furthermore, always refering to KISS each time a decision is to be
> > made, makes me also uncomfortable. True life isn't that simple.
> > Simple tools solve only simple problems. Making a computer system
> > simple for the user is a complex task !
> Yes real life isn't that simple, so make computing simple for end user
> and us! Often when I refer to KISSS it's about how my mother can use
> SliTaz and for our build tools we can have one about 3500 lines or one
> with 1500, wich one do you think it is simpler to maintain ?
If they deliver the same service, the answer is in the question, except 
if on has more clear goals and modular design.
> > Ph.L.
> - Christophe
>
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