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["Krzysztof A. Suchecki" <christopher.suchecki AT wp.pl>]

qwms-avib AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:

> keep developing the BL1 line.  He had some good ideas for 
> making BL1 better:  adding support for non-English users, 
> replacing the 2.0.34 kernel with 2.0.39 and using packages 
> from Slackware 3.9 instead of 3.5.  They sounded like good
> ideas so I handed BL1 over to him.
> 
> I didn't see any of those things mentioned in the BL 1.9
> announcement.  Perhaps I missed something?

Not so fast Steven, not so fast :)

1. slackware 3.9 instead of 3.5 - bl1 based on sl 3.9 doesn't
fit on a standard 1.44mb floppy. i don't want to remove bl1
functionality in change for newer slackware packages.

2. 2.0.39 kernel
it should be provided as standard slackware kernels - 
30 or 40 different kernels - space (which may be not such a 
problem as James have sth :) ) and download speed for users.
It's IMHO better for users if they take different kernels 
from standard slackware mirrors.

3. support for non-English users.
- loadfont is included in a standard distro so it's a step ahead.
- email SMTP client working properly with non-English letters
that will fit in BL - these i saw: "libc6 required"

Chris


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