[Fedora-livecd-list] an introduction...

[Tim Wood]

Not having done more than read the docs/faq/etc, I'm going to go on a  
limb and echo this.

My motivation for using kadischi is the ability to create various  
custom live cds ala INSERT, Knoppix but based on the flavor of linux  
I know inside and out.  Although creating custom RPMs could  
theoretically get me there, I can see two problems with this approach

First... the subjective objection... Some tasks just feel wrong (to  
me) in a RPM ... such as modifying Desktop Patterns and menus.

Second... a practical one... When I'm first trying something out, I'd  
like some simpler option.  Right now (if I read the docs write), I've  
got a number of post-RPM ways to modify the CD.  If people no longer  
have a way to make and test something before creating an entire RPM,  
it's going to real hurt the usefulness of this tool.  Right now, it  
feels like a progression of ways to make modifications that can be  
used as appropriate.  Granted I'm exagerating, but I've never liked  
having to build a factory before I can see if my sink idea is any good.

my (uninformed?) 2cents...

Tim Wood



On Jan 18, 2006, at 8:50 AM, Bill Nottingham wrote:

> I wouldn't go that far. There still should be support for a %post
> in kadischi, even if it's just for things like enabling/disabling
> services, writing out a default config (point at your local LDAP
> server? NFS server?), etc.  It's just that the raw bits to actually
> run sanely in R/O mode shouldn't need to be in kadischi.
>
> Bill

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