Re: [Dragora-users] Proposal: flexible script to create different images

[DustDFG]

On Sat, May 14, 2022 at 6:08 AM DustDFG <dfgdust@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Fri, May 13, 2022 at 10:18 PM Matias Fonzo <selk@dragora.org> wrote:
> >
> > El 2022-05-13 13:51, DustDFG escribió:
> > > Hello!
> > >
> > > I started to get confused in a lot of ghosts of previous messages so I
> > > decided to delete them
> > >
> > >>
> > >> The package names will look to something like (sorry, I am not at
> > >> Dragora right now):
> > >>
> > >>      kmod_29_amd64+1@kernel.tlz
> > >>      kernel-buildtree-generic_5.16.18_amd64+1@kernel.tlz
> > >>      kernel-generic_5.16.18_amd64+3@essential.tlz (with the category
> > >> renamed)
> > >>
> > >
> > > I wanted to say that we will give:
> > >
> > > category/package-name
> > >
> > > essential/kernel-generic (now at kernel category)
> > > essential/kernel-headers (now at kernel category)
> > > essential/firmware (now at kernel category)
> > >
> > > kernel/buildtree-generic
> > > kernel/kmod
> > >
> > > I don't think that it is a so good idea but what do you think about
> > > making
> > > the kernel category as subcategory for essential?
> >
> > Sounds good, the subcategory can be package_name@essential_kernel.tlz
> > and we don't need add more code, except for those third-party tools that
> > tries to guess the second category.
> >
>
> In this case we will give situation when two packages (kmod and
> buildtree-generic) are part of essential category hierarchy but in the
> same time they aren't part of minimal system.
>

I am sorry, it was a mistake. I found that kernel/generic depends on kernel/kmod

> I also think that we can make an exception for kernel category and not
> to change it. So we will get essential category that contains
> everything for the minimal system except the kernel. It is obvious
> that system needs kernel for running so it isn't so necessary to point
> out it. In this case, hypothetical essential.order file will process
> only packages from these two categories and it looks logical. What do
> you think about it? What do you like more (subcategory or exception
> for kernel category or maybe something else)?