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scsijon · Posted: Fri 27 Apr 2012, 22:23 Post subject: Woof2 Expansions wish list?

Anyone want to add to this wish list of expansions for woof2 to survive as puppy expands?

1- Multi-platform (Intel, arch, arm, mac, ?)
2- Multi-versions by pickbox (ie for intel i386, i486, i586, i686, X86_64) to select the packages that are compatable
3- Autobuild the xxx2ppm (well a good base file at least, working on the selected mediafile's extension) allowing for further release revisions.
4- Autoextend Woof2 as a new repositry becomes known/added.

I won't say that even 1% will gain addition to woof2, but thoughts must start somewhere....

Lobster · Posted: Fri 27 Apr 2012, 23:18 Post subject:

Easier to use would be my wish Smile

As far as I am aware only Barry and 01micko have used woof2 successfully?
http://puppylinux.info/topic/getting-started#post-604

pemasu · Joined: 08 Jul 2009 Posts: 5175 Location: Finland

jemimah · Joined: 26 Aug 2009 Posts: 4309 Location: Tampa, FL

I think a fair number of people have used woof successfully.

My abbreviated wish list:

There's a lot of stuff in rootfs-skeleton that should be installed as pets - making various packages impossible to remove without hacking.

ROX and jwm should not be hardcoded everywhere

oui · Posted: Sun 29 Apr 2012, 05:04 Post subject:

a good thing would be if it would be possible to pre install all needed stuff in the devx_file.sfs including HOWTO, MANPAGES and EXAMPLES or SNAPSHOTS to make the devx_file.sfs the complete central point where all the matter needed to develop for Puppy is to find in!

scsijon · Posted: Sun 29 Apr 2012, 23:05 Post subject:

And a thought I had overnight was to moving all the doc 'stuff' into it's own sfs that could be auto-loaded/unloaded or used individually (away from the relevant distribution).

Another is to have nothing but ABSOLUTE CORE in the woof tree by default and a pick list of Function Groups to add to it.