[oe] RFC: Task-base rewrite

[Richard Purdie]

On Thu, 2007-04-12 at 20:35 +0200, Marcin Juszkiewicz wrote:
> New version attached is based on task-base r23. 
> 
> Packages.small is result of build for progear/angstrom combination (with 
> some changes to both configs - added some features).
> 
> What this version gives:
> 
> - each feature gets own package,
> - task-boot contain ONLY stuff needed to boot
> - task-distro-base contain distro addons
> - task-machine-base contain machine specific addons
> - task-base depend on all needed task-* packages
> - ability to choose SSH daemon (dropbear, openssh, none) by distro
> - ability to choose /dev/ manager (udev, devfsd, mdev) by distro
> - ability to choose getty provider (tinylogin by default) by distro
> 
> With this version it is easier to create smaller rootfs - for example 
> image with ONLY bluetooth support is "task-boot + task-base-bluetooth".
> 
> Do some tests, post opinions - I think that this will be nice improvement 
> of task-base.

I agree with it and it gets my approval FWIW :)

Cheers,

Richard