Re: [dev] stali and the shipped compilers

2010/1/15 Jimmy Tang <jtang_AT_tchpc.tcd.ie>:
> On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 09:42:02PM +0100, pancake wrote:
>> I would prefer to drop gcc, glibc and all the shit from gnu.
>>
>> Tcc and dietlibc are usable solutions and maybe the code is not the best
>> one but at least is sane.
>>
>> Current toolchain is just to get a working version. I know that anselm
>> is really busy these days, like me.. This is the reason why some of
>> those projects are a bit stopped.
>>
>
> it would be interesting to see its outcome(s), has anyone looked at the
> packaging system for such a distribution? or will a bsd style tree of
> code/makefiles be adopted?

There is no need for a packaging system. Updates to the core stali
parts will mainly be binary diffs for executables, so you only replace
executables and potentially config files if needed. I see this as an
advantage btw -- this also supports the way that programs can
update/install themselves more easily.

Cheers,
Anselm
Received on Fri Jan 15 2010 - 10:26:29 UTC