[caiman-discuss] Distribution Constructor feature list beyond prototype

[Anil Gulecha]

On 9/7/07, Karen W. Tung <Karen.Tung at sun.com> wrote:
> We are in the process of putting together the feature list for the Distribution
> Constructor project beyond the prototype release.  The
> proof-of-concept Distro Constructor has very limited functionalities as
> specified our project page (http://opensolaris.org/os/project/caiman/Constructor/)
>
> We have come up with the following for the early 2008 release.
> This is a very high level list of features.  When we come to a more final
> list, we will have further discussions about details on each item.
>
>         * From a GUI, the user should be able to select a list of packages to
>           be included to build a custom distro.
>
>         * From the command line, user provide the Distro Constructor (DC) with
>           a list of packages.  The DC will pull in all other necessary packages
>           to create a self-consistent installation image.
>
>         * Given an existing distribution, the DC will create a new distribution
>           based on addition or subtraction of contents as specified by the user.
>
>         * Special configurations specified in the GUI or on the command line
>           can be saved to a file, and the file can be used as inputs to the DC.
>
>         * The DC release will come with a few predefined "useful"
>           configurations, which can be helpful to users who want to create their
>           custom distribution with some minor modification.
>
> Features not to be included in the early 2008 release, but will be
> consider for the future.
>
>         * Create a distribution based on an installed and configured system.
>
>

Will the created distro be Live?

Anil