Thu, Sep 13, 2001 at 01:39:50AM +0100 wrote: > On Wed, Sep 12, 2001 at 04:01:20PM -0700, David Kimdon wrote: > > Both systems grab source pacakages during the build, rather than > > binaries. embedded is put into DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS, and the packages > > are compiled small, fit for boot-floppies or debian-installer. We > > then take those generated binary packages and build our install disk. > > I like the general idea of building what are currently udebs from the > same source, rather than having the binary packages kicking around, > but "embedded" is the wrong name. It's not even remotely related to > embedded systems, this is purely for debian-installer (boot-floppies > will be obsolete by the time something like this is implemented).
actually, this is all part of a master plan to make debian packages more easily used on embedded systems. d-i and b-f will benefit, but I don't see them as the major benifit. In any case, I tossed around other strings like 'reduced-size' or maybe 'optimize-footprint', etc. > > 'debian-installer' is a possibility, but I find it somewhat > graceless. I don't want this only for debian-installer, I want this for anyone who wants to build a system where size is important. > NB: I'm not sure this belongs in policy. udebs aren't in policy > either, nor do they need to be, and it doesn't apply to the majority > of packages. Maybe it doesn't, however, it is ismilar to throwing 'debug' into DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS. -David
