[oe] [ANN] New 'base-image' created (Was: [RFC] Add ipkg to minimal image)

[Paul Sokolovsky]

Hello Rod,

Sunday, December 16, 2007, 11:20:59 AM, you wrote:

> Based on the good discussion and constructive feedback related to my RFC
> about adding ipkg to minimal image, I have decided to create a new
> image, whose name truly reflects it's intention.

> I hereby name 'base-image' as the smallest possible image which allows
> you to ssh into a device via it's native network interface, and install
> packages from feeds across the network into internal flash or onto an
> attached storage device.

  Great news!

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> It is required to always be small enough to fit in the internal flash of
> an NSLU2 (as an example of the smaller end of flash sizes that OE
> supports).

  So, how little size did you achieve? I wonder, if we'd finally be able
to put kiddy distros like this: http://midge.vlad.org.ua/wiki/ (didn't
merge even with OpenWRT AFAIK) to rest ;-).

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