on 2/25/04 6:47 AM, Ole Guldberg Jensen at olegb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
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> Toby Peterson wrote:
> | On 25 Feb 2004, at 06.16, Ole Guldberg Jensen wrote:
> |> What linux do we use as reference ?
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> | I don't think there's a clearly defined policy on this. I use Slackware,
> | which (as a matter of policy) ships unpatched software whenever
> | possible. Linux 2.4.25, glibc 2.3.2, gcc 3.3.3. I personally feel
> | Slackware is a good reference - but I'm sure everyone else will
> | disagree. :)
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> well, if we choose to support linux (and we have done so), then we
> should be clear about which distribution we use as a reference.
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> I think we should choose a platform that has a wide acceptance - i dunno
> whats up with linux now a days, but isnt redhat, debian or mandrake the
> most widely used distributions. Why not choose one of these as a reference.
>
I think RedHat now Fedora would be a good choice. Commercial companies tend
to support that. And YellowDog is based on that as well. I guess we can take
a vote.
> | There are very few ports that have this line, and some obstacles (deps)
> | to getting DarwinPorts working properly on Linux. However, we might as
> | well establish some sort of consensus on this now. Comments?
> |
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> yes, we need to be quite clear on this one - supporting linux is
> somewhat ... trixie/false.... *Gollum* ...
>
> Ole
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$0.02
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