Drake Diedrich <Drake.Diedrich@anu.edu.au> writes: > On 1 May 1998, Jim Pick wrote: > > > I'd like to see more people announce that they want to develop their > > own "subset" Linux distributions based on Debian. I'd be willing to > > collaborate on tools to make this easier. > > Interesting. I'm starting up an ISP with a Debian focus, and planning > to produce configuration-packages which will be added into the local > Debian mirror, producing a (barely) derivative Linux distribution. > I suspect many consultants and ISPs will begin doing this. I worry about > name collisions in real derivatives though. > We may need some new policies with respect to derivatives, so we avoid > clashes. Off the top of my head: > 1) Derivatives are allocated a subdirectory in /opt by Debian. As far as people developing local packages to add on to Debian (which is not really what I am planning) - I don't think additional policy is needed for that, because they are "local" packages, so it is a matter of "local" policy. Cheers, - Jim
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