Re: Merging with OpenZaurus and OpenSimpad

After some thought on this matter:

   OE is a build system.
   Familiar is a distribution.

Familiar has always used a build system that was appropriate at the time.
First it was RH-6.2 based, then debian, now OE, in the future it might
be .....

It makes no sense to me to tie down Familiar to its build system.

--George

On Tuesday 19 April 2005 02:46 pm, Michael Opdenacker wrote:
> Hi Koen,
>
> > After the move to the new linux-eabi OpenZaurus, OpenSimpad and
> > Familiar will be binary compatible with each other and debian-arm. All
> > 3 distros are being build from the same source, namely OpenEmbedded. I
> > would like the three projects to merge and create small, fast, stable
> > and professional distro for all kinds of devices (handhelds,
> > settop-boxes, POS systems).
>
> This would be great for the sake of free embedded Linux distributions!
>
> What about a name change too? Having a single name should increase the
> visibility and hopefully the popularity of our work.
>
> I'd vote for "OpenEmbedded" as the new name. Any comment?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Michael.
Received on Thu Apr 28 2005 - 14:42:27 EDT