[oe-issues] [Bug 2919] Create a distro for gumstix

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http://bugs.openembedded.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2919





--- Comment #14 from Koen Kooi <koen at dominion.kabel.utwente.nl>  2007-09-05 08:48:53 ---
(In reply to comment #13)
> I'm not sure this discussion should be happening in a bugzilla and it should
> perhaps move to the mailing list. I'll post this message here but I think there
> are wider issues under discussion here and the mailing list would be more
> visible.
> 
> I believe gumstix has a clear cut need for its own distro for the reasons Craig
> mentions and probably others. I understand where Koen is coming from here as OE
> has a history of people wanting to create their own distro simply to customize
> packages or other things an independent distro is inappropriate for. I think
> Angstrom needs to recognise people are going to need their own distro in some
> cases though (omoko is another example). These need to be considered on a case
> by case basis and some agreement on who will maintain the distro is an
> important  part of that consideration, I'm guessing if gusstix cusomters are
> using OE, bitrot won't be a problem though.

I recognize there is a need for a derivative distro, in the openmoko cases all
parties agreed on it. In the gumstix case I'm having this discussion to see if
it's really needed or (don't take this the wrong way) the usual thing of
believing to be 'special'. A big number of bogus arguments are being used,
which I want to counter :)


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