Alessandro Rubini, one of the authors of EtLinux and
the current mantainer, defined a
roadmap for development of EtLinux. This list
has been updated in August 2002; items marked as "[done]"
are in the CVS tree for
etlinux-1.1-devel
.
For etlinux-1.1.2 we would like to have:
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[done] documentation!
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[done] makefile semplification (directory tools/)
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[done] package dependencies
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[done] user configurable package selection, in order to
delete, replace or modify packages
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[done] more packages from the same sources
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[done] use native glibc as an option
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[done] compile for ARM if cross-compilers are there
(but glibc is not recompiled)
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[done] remove obsolete disk-on-chip
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busybox, for all missing packages
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gdbserver to debug the target
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[done] support kernel 2.0, 2.2, 2.4
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publish patch to reduce 2.0 and 2.2 (not 2.4)
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publish sample configurations for kernels
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use grub instead of lilo (i386-only)
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boot-tiny-floppy already built with ramdisk (i386)
Etlinux-2.0:
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multilibrary (libc5 for x86, glibc-2.1, 2.2, uclibc)
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multiplatform with compilation of everything from
source (x86, arm, ppc, possibly others)
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snmp and more
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possibly X and/or microwindows
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