[Fwd: Re: [LFS Trac] #2111: Adding PACO to LFS]

[Alan Lord]

Can I just throw in my opinion on this subject?

I read the ticket and this subject in general has come up on many 
occasions before...

As a long time user of LFS/BLFS I would really LOVE to have a 
"management" tool for my systems that allowed me to update/upgrade and, 
probably most importantly, remove components in an organised and "safe" way.

But I do not believe this should be an integral part of LFS, and 
probably not BLFS either. It is a subject that warrants - in my opinion 
- another book/project in the LFS family.

If it was developed to offer the kind of system management tools that 
many of us want to have, the main books (LFS/BLFS) might need changing 
to support it, or might not, and if the "books" are followed *to the 
letter* then the LFS Manager could be dropped even after your system is 
built (Obviously I can see some circumstances where this could fail 
spectacularly, but guidance in the main books should make it clear how 
to build to support the management tools or what to watch for if you 
decide to deviate...)

Could this be a way to stimulate some more life here? Develop a new book 
for the LFS family that provides system management tools. I'm sure PACA 
is a fine tool (not used it but not heard much ever said in a bad light 
about it) and maybe that becomes the foundation for such a book? Or 
something else... At least it would get some dialogue and some activity 
on here. A few blog comments and articles around the net might bring in 
some new blood with good ideas too.

It may be that by trying to get the LFS and BLFS systems into such a 
position that a management tool could be dropped in before, during or 
after a build, that the books' structure becomes a better platform to 
develop the jhalfs type tools too... So perhaps some sort of 
architecture description and requirements specifications are needed 
first and then see what needs to be changed with what we have to suit 
what we need going forward.

Sorry if this is noise or way off the mark...

Alan




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