On Fri, 07 Mar 2008 12:01:14 +1100 Brendan Simon <Brendan@BrendanSimon.com> wrote: > One thing I'd like is less dependencies on some core packages. eg. > networking devices don't need any graphics libraries. Last time I > looked there was some kind of dependency on a graphics/video packages/s > as the primary target device was a iPAQ (some something similar). 1. My target device is an iPAQ 2. My development device is a Balloon3 3. Three sets of root filesystems are in development: a) Small but still using dpkg and apt, no graphics. b) As a) with enough other dependencies to support Gtk+2 c) As b) with enough other packages to run the G Palmtop Environment. > Maybe things have changed ??? There never was any intention to require graphics packages for all devices, just those that need a GUI from the start. The current setup doesn't boot yet (it can be used for a chroot). Testing of the smallest set involves these packages: required="busybox dpkg libstdc++6 libgcc1 libc6 cdebconf libdebian-installer4 zlib1g libnewt0.52 libslang2" base="apt gpgv libncurses5 libreadline5 readline-common mktemp debconf-shell debianutils makedev base-passwd whiptail gnupg udev base-files debian-archive-keyring udhcpc udhcpd sysv-rc util-linux module-init-tools sysvinit-utils" > > # Embedded Debian in general Part of this topic will be the package selections. > > # Improve build infrastructure (toolchain and target packages) > > # Prepare uClibc port (other C libraries would be also nice to have > > ) instead GLIBC (toolchain and target packages) > > # Improve support for balloon and NAS devices Part of this topic will be getting a variety of filesystem images that support a variety of deployments. Wherever possible, a bespoke image can be generated for a specific device so that those devices that need a GUI can have it "preinstalled" whereas those that do not can have the smallest base system that we can generate. -- Neil Williams ============= http://www.data-freedom.org/ http://www.nosoftwarepatents.com/ http://www.linux.codehelp.co.uk/
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