11 Dec
2005
11 Dec
'05
12:55 p.m.
-----Original Message-----
From: ros-dev-bounces(a)reactos.org [mailto:ros-dev-bounces@reactos.org] On Behalf Of Ge
van Geldorp
Sent: 11. december 2005 13:24
To: 'ReactOS Development List'
Subject: [ros-dev] Software distribution
+1 to that. I'd like to keep the boot CD simple by not including every open
source application on earth. You get an OS (Core ReactOS), not a Linux like
distribution. It also makes regression testing easier as you need to download
less from http://svn.reactos.org/iso. It also requires less time to build
them. Then there is the FullBootLiveCD which would be more similar to a Linux
distribution with third party applications. There is however, depending on the
number of applications, a lot of work maintaining these packages. I think if
there is no one to maintain a particular application, then it should be dropped
from the distribution. I think it is not fair to the users to receive outdated
software, possibly with known security vulnerabilities.
Casper
From: David Hinz
Well, as GvG just uploaded a fixed version of the Mozilla
Control to sourceforge I think it should be okay for now, but
for releases like 0.3.0 we maybe could include the Mozilla
Control on bootcd (put the precompiled Mozilla Control
installer GvG just built somewhere in reactos/media or
something like that), I don't know who big it is...
It's about 5MB, so it would add about 1/3 of the current .iso size. The best
way IMO would be to handle this via the package manager.
I've been thinking about this for a while now. At the moment, we distribute
2 .isos, the BootCD and the LiveCD. I'd like to change these (eventually) to
a MinBootCD and a FullBootLiveCD. The MinBootCD would basically be the same
as our current BootCD, just the bare minimum OS and the package manager,
allowing you to download more stuff. The FullBootLiveCD would be a
combination of live CD and installable CD, on startup it would ask you to
select either "Live" or "Install". The "Install" choice
would then lead you
to a fully graphical installer (replacing the blue-screen first stage
USETUP). This FullBootLiveCD (we'll need to think about a better name...)
would also include some open source packages, ready to install using the
package manager.
Thoughts, anyone? And please skip the "you should definitely include
such-and-such package on the CD" for now.
Gé van Geldorp.