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[Robert Figura <rfigura AT aubergine.zwischengesicht.de>]

Hi,

i would like to state my perspective for discussion.
About me: I am using SMGL for setting up servers at work (if they let me) and 
i write spells for missing software.

this is why i am using SMGL:
- it aims for administrators
- it is source based (yes, for me that is an argument by itself)
- it makes cloning of workstations reasonable simple.
- it aims for simplicity, for example compare rc scripts of red hat, gentoo
  and SMGL.
- Community integration is high (compared to sorcerer)
- SMGL features are great: "cast --fix", installwatch, sources separated from
 spells, dependencies, ...

this is where development could be done:
- Less interaction during cast.
- Stability: Sometimes "sorcery update" is not good. There should be a time
  efficient way to be aware of problems before they happen.
- Cross compilation support.
- Easy iso creation including some sources for custom distro generation.
- There should be more complete and consistent documentation, especially for
  new users.

I think marketing is worth some effort and for me the theory of users growing 
up to developers holds so we need more users. But please keep targetting 
admins, i am willing to sacrifice convenience for flexibility.

- Robert Figura

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