Few ideas
DISCLAIMER: I've haven't take a look at the .dsc (Debian SourCes
files, right?)
I've been pondering on Debian's future more and more, and I've
wondered if:
1) The package system could switch on something more source-based. I
mean, there have been a few discussions on optimizing packages.
(Debian-i686) On a compile it yourself, the package can hardly be more
optimized to your computer.
Maybe something CVS-like, with snapshots taken by the package
maintainers every time a few major things have been put in and tested
enough. Then packages would enter the well-known stable-dist approval
tests. On a good architecture, source-packages would eventually be a
simple rule-sheet applied to a CVS tree. (Put that binary there,
symlink this to that, etc... )
The main idea would be to conceive a single main architecture for
easily portable source, to the more and more ports needed by the whole
Debian project. (Linux-i386/alpha/sparc... and Hurd, who'll probably
someday become Hurd-i386/alpha/sparc... you get the point? ;) )
But then, that can easily become a MAJOR overload on the already hard
pressed FTP sites. And probably will need a more powerful database
engine running behind apt/dselect/dpkg. And at least a few months to
conceive correctly, BEFORE starting to code. But has such a major
change some future?
2) Anyone ever thought of Debian (GNU?)/BSD? Is the BSD licence
compatible with the Debian policy/requirements?
Christian Lavoie
clavoie@enter-net.com
UIN: 947212
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