On Sun, Aug 7, 2016 at 9:24 AM, james <gar...@verizon.net> wrote: > > As a team, we could have a simple default program for a simple default > disk format, and a variety of 'stage-4' images, maybe updated every 3 > months, to get a gentoo system up, quickly. Not an anything you want it to > be, but a few, common choices. Perhaps a security apparatus, commonly > needed, built on the hardened project? (like a bridge or a firewall)? >
Sounds great. What's stopping you? > > Heaven forbid that we put up a few dozen (unsupported) jentoo VMs, > container-images or stage-4 (specifically purposed) choices where > folks could only get support from jentoo-user. No sir, we cannot make jentoo > fun and enjoyable and quick (and sleazy) can we? > Sounds great. What's stopping you? > > And yes allow java, the way it is available on most other distros... > The current process of requiring all the java codes to be broken down into > 100% discernable codes is a tremendous barrier. After all, most of the codes > that use that stuff, are full of holes anyway; that's the very nature of > open, fast, exciting new codes. They only become secure > after years of vetting (fuzzing) anyway. So make the host gentoo image very > secure and allow jentoo projects to be a VM, or container or such > construct, without all the hassles of gentoo proper. Let the purist ensure > that gentoo is secure and isolated and let the multitude play with java, > however they like (in a VM, or a container image or a stage-4). > Sounds great. What's stopping you? -- Rich
