2012-01-06 19:41:21 +00:00
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Lorax is a tool for building bootable/installable Fedora images. Its primary
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focus is Fedora installation images but it should be able to create other
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types of images too.
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2008-09-13 01:05:30 +00:00
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2012-01-06 19:41:21 +00:00
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Some design precepts:
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2008-09-13 01:05:30 +00:00
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2012-01-06 19:41:21 +00:00
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* It should be easy to make small changes to images.
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- Image configs should be extendable/inheritable
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- Configs should be self-contained and portable - everything in one dir
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- kickstart, templates, config files, image-specific data files
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(bootloader templates, keymaps, service files, etc).
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2008-09-13 01:05:30 +00:00
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2012-01-06 19:41:21 +00:00
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* Templates should be brief but expressive.
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- Don't make the user maintain huge lists of files/packages
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(do filename globbing and brace expansion, resolve package deps, etc.)
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- Provide commands that allow blacklists/exceptions
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(e.g.: removefrom PKG --allbut FILE FILE...)
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2008-09-13 01:05:30 +00:00
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2012-01-06 19:41:21 +00:00
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* The template language should make common actions easy and obvious.
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- Avoid 'runcmd' - add new builtins instead!
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- Corollary: It should be easy to extend the template runner
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2008-09-13 01:05:30 +00:00
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2012-01-06 19:41:21 +00:00
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* Image configs should allow custom commands/scripts
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- If you already have a bunch of kickstarts/Ruby/whatever for setting up
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images, you should be able to use that too
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2008-09-13 01:05:30 +00:00
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2012-01-06 19:41:21 +00:00
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* Lorax should be usable as a script or a (python) library
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