[PATCH] port some tools from http://smarden.org/runit/ to bbox

walter harms wharms at bfs.de
Sat Aug 19 18:53:36 UTC 2006


please note there is on other point.
the user must be familiar with the tools and concepts. adding to much 
'new' stuff to bb will certainly alienate a lot of users since there are 
not able to handle there system any more.

re,
  wh


Jason Schoon wrote:
>>
>> > It's really hard to get enthused about this.  Who uses it, and for 
>> what?
>>
>>
> I concur with Rob on this point, and I would ask the following: "what
> benefit is there to adding this to Busybox as opposed to using them
> verbatim?"  Have you realized a large size savings by building this into
> Busybox, rather than standalone?
> 
> Being small and beautiful is a fantastic thing.  This makes it an excellent
> candidate for Buildroot for example.  However, not everything has to be in
> Busybox.  It is meant to provide as many core tools, as small as possible.
> 
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