Email: hawk@pld-linux.org

PLD 1.0/1.1 (Ra) information

PLD Ra has reached EOL (End of Life). It will not be updated anymore. It is strongly recommended to upgrade to Ac as soon as possible! However the infrastructure for Ra is still online, so if anyone has enough knowlegde and willingness to resurrect it, you are welcome.

PLD 2.0 (Ac) short FAQ

Q: What kernels will be available in Ac?
A: Newest possible 2.4 and 2.6. 2.4 series kernel will include same features as it has now, 2.6 is being reworked right now and it will probably provide very basic grsecurity, vserver and xen. This will be default one for the distribution. Few other versions may be available too (depends if someone will do them): full grsec, vanilla, desktop/notebook oriented etc.

Q: When Ac will be released?
A: I'd like to release RC2 before june. If it will be stable enough and error free then official Ac will hit out servers somewhere in july. If RC2 will be too buggy then hopefully RC3 will be released in july and official Ac should make it before september.

Q: Will package X version Y go to Ac?
A: That depends on many many things. Does new version requires lot of rebuilding? Will it brake other packages? Will it change package functionality? Will someone make/maintain required changes in CVS? And a lot more… Some important things like gcc, glibc, X11 etc. will not be changed. Less important packages may and even should be upgraded or Ac will be outdated one day after its release date.

Q: I have some other question(s) about Ac…
A: Mail me, send me message via jabber, catch me on IRC…

What I'm currently working on (in my free time)?

• installer (bootdisks) for PLD 2.0 (Ac) - these are quite usable now, so I'll abandon this project after releasing stable version of Ac
• PLD 2.0 (Ac)
• many other things not related with PLD

What I'm planning to do if time will allow?

• new bootdisk(s) allowing to install very base PLD (but not new installer), w/o wizards and automation, see http://hawk.jogger.pl/2006/03/10/prowizorka-v2/ for more details (page is in polish only, sorry).

Any questions about above things? Feel free to mail me. Suggestions are welcome too. If you want to know more about me and you can read polish, you may try to visit http://hawk.jogger.pl/, but don't expect some interesting content there. I think I'm rather boring person

I cannot guarantee that:

• I'll accept and/or commit changes/patches you've sent to me
• I'll respond to your e-mail in acceptable time (mail me again or jabber me if something is urgent)
• I'll take care of all PLD related problems
• I'll have something done in specified time (I'll do my best, but please understand that I also have life, work etc.)

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