Re: [Savannah-hackers] submission of eXtra Access Operating System - whatever - savannah.gnu.org

[Jaime E . Villate]

Hi,

I'm evaluating the project you submitted for approval in Savannah.

Sorry I'm a bit confused by your description; you start by saying that you
want to automate the configuration of Linux with ant, which I interpret as a
project to help compile the Linux kernel in an alternative way without using
the traditional Makefile distributed with it.

But then you go on talking about a "distro" so it appears as if you want to
build a complete new GNU/Linux distribution. If that is the case, please
notice that we do not host complete distributions because we do not have the
resources that it would take to host complete distributions.

If your project is not a complete GNU/Linux distribution but some more
specific project please register it again explaining what it will do
exactly. Also notice that we prefer to refer to the complete operating system
based on the Linux kernel as GNU/Linux.

One more point that you should explain in your description is whether Jakarta
and Tomcat depend on JDK or they can run in a completely free Java
implementation. JDK is proprietary software and we do not host programs that
depend on proprietary software.

Regards,
Jaime


On Wed, Dec 18, 2002 at 05:35:58PM -0500, address@hidden wrote:
> 
> A package was submitted to savannah.gnu.org
> This mail was sent to address@hidden, address@hidden
> 
> 
> dhek bhun <address@hidden> described the package as follows:
> License: gpl
> Other License: 
> Package: eXtra Access Operating System - whatever
> System name: xaos
> Type: GNU
> 
> Description:
> I am probably nuts, but I am trying to set up a automated linux from scratch 
> system using ant. The automation is done using ant/gcj (already works, but 
> libgcj is still buggy). I haven\'t sorted the effects of the Apache license 
> out yet. All scripts are xml (because it uses apache). The aim is to create a 
> package management system and a better integration of java into linux. Future 
> plans is to dump as much as possible into a database (is that safe?)
> 
> 
> 
> Other Software Required:
> gcj (preferably 3.3) is the main target, a lot of stuff depends on code from 
> jakarta.apache.org code base. linux is the target for the system itself.
> 
> Other Comments:
> the idea is to create a new distro heavily integrated with xml as to provide 
> easier configuration and management, currently I am trying to port tomcat to 
> work native. think about things like creating new ant scripts using a 
> webinterface, creating a new database based mailer (postgres), expand the 
> codebase of java based on gtk2.
> 
> you might ask why java? well it doesn\'t really matter what you use as a 
> language, but at the moment that\'s my forte. the distro is meant to give 
> more power to regular users and provide easier access to things like 
> makefiles and configure options. 
>