Re: [GNU-linux-libre] GNU+Linux from Source Code

[Bryan Baldwin]

On Tue, 2009-06-30 at 11:43 +0300, Ali Gunduz wrote:
> 
> Oh how I would _love_ to have a source based rolling release distribution :-)
> 
> I recommend you to check out Kongoni GNU/Linux at
> http://kongoni.co.za. It's a slackware-like distro with a bsd inspired
> design which fits very much to what you (and I ;-)) are looking for.
> With its next release (codenamed 'Nietzsche' and currently in beta
> release) the main developer, A.J. Venter, is planning it to be fully
> free and included in the FSF distro list.
> 
> Please keep us posted.
> 
> Ali
> 

Having a rolling release of buildscripts is one of my more hopeful
goals. Of course, all of the work that I do to administrate my own
machines will get put in, but the crucial factor for success is getting
enough maintainers to put in the work needed to support a respectable
catalogue of buildable software.

GNU+Linux from Source Code as a design won't even need buildscripts to
be useful, but it wouldn't be an actual distribution until you can get a
bootable machine out of just what comes with it. Just for starters, I'm
only planning to support the basic system (a la Linux from Scratch/DIY
Linux packages), and scale up from there. Since I mean to be a
meta-distribution, there are some lines I do not intend to cross. I
haven't reckoned what they all are yet, but there will be a point past
which policy changes mean the system has become a different
distribution. That's what I see GLFSC as in the first place, a base for
other people's distributions. I support the distribution maker, and they
ultimately support the user.

        Bryan