Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Fri 3rd Dec 2004 22:01 UTC
A project to create embedded versions of Gentoo Linux has achieved preliminary releases on x86, MIPS, PPC, and ARM. The releases include native core system binaries, cross-platform toolchains, and, for x86, an optional hardened toolchain. The year-old project needs developers to help add cross-compile awareness to source packages.
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1. "I never said portage and gentoo are only bleeding edge"
err.. you implied it with "bleeding edge has no place on embedded systems", hence the rebuttal of that (potentially misinterpretted) generalization.
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"Anoncoward shouldn't throw bricks in glass houses. Its this kind of negativity that turns people away from projects. "
"Theres a lot of shouting about the package manager - yeah its good but move beyond that."
"(subject)Portage (comment)is pretty useless for embedded systems -- except when building your base image to start development from."
Err... I took issue strictly with your comments towards portage- I might point out additionally I went after a selection of them also. You're latest post regarding userland apps for finalizing of the flash image, k, fine, that's a seperate issue from the package manager. That's more a comment regarding the maturity of linux tools, not portage as a cross compilation manager (which is basically what emb. gentoo is atm). Note I directed only two comments at you, both of which you haven't refuted. The glass house bit is kind of out there too btw.
re: "The distro I'm working on now blows all the other stuff I have previously used for settop development away", you left yourself open by saying others suck ("blows the others away") w/out actually saying *what* the distro/os you're working on is. As stated above, I just don't view it as worthwhile to say xyz sucks w/out actually explaining why, or at least qualifying what you're comparing it to.
*that* is the kind of negativity that turns people away from projects.
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