Date: 13 Feb 1999 00:59:46 +0100 From: naddy@mips.rhein-neckar.de (Christian Weisgerber) To: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Linus on IRC Message-ID: <7a2f9i$mab$1@mips.rhein-neckar.de> References: <79t7tp$1n8$1@mips.rhein-neckar.de> <4.1.19990211123440.00add100@mail.lariat.org>
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Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> wrote:
> >The Linux distributions aren't forks. They are different collections.
> >There is no common ancestor.
>
> I would think that Linus' kernel (which many of them patch or add
> modules to) could be considered a common ancestor. And many of
> the utilities have common origins. Yes, there's some original work
> in each, but that's true of the BSDs too, right?
I think you don't understand the organizational model behind a Linux
distribution.
Yes, there is some small amount of original work in most distributions,
relating to package management, set-up tools and such, but even those
are often shared. However, nearly all of the software that makes up a
Linux distribution is maintained elsewhere and only integrated by the
makers of the distro into one big system. If you were to organize a
Linux distribution in BSD fashion, almost all the source would reside
under /usr/src/contrib.
The tree model with code forking into branches just doesn't apply to
Linux distributions.
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Christian "naddy" Weisgerber naddy@mips.rhein-neckar.de
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