[indiana-discuss] What release of SX*E is Indiana based on.

[Shawn Walker]

On Dec 4, 2007 10:30 AM, Andrew Watkins <andrew at dcs.bbk.ac.uk> wrote:
> I have been looking to see what build revision Indiana is based on, but so far can not find it.

snv75, look at /etc/release.

> I assumed that the way the Indiana group went about this project was to start with a SXDE/SXCE release and remove as many packages as possible so that it could fit on to a LiveCD and then add the new packaging system?

Something like that.

> You would then think that if you installed all the packages you would end up with a sort of full SX*E release, but of course you do not.

No, not quite. Remember that one of the primary goals of Indiana is to
be redistributable, SX*E releases contain proprietary bits and things
that are not redistributable.

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