[ARMedslack] Raspberry Pi support for Slackware ARM 14.1

Rick frmrick at aapt.net.au
Wed Jun 5 21:43:39 UTC 2013


On 03/06/13 05:13, Stuart Winter wrote:
>
>> I can't help wondering if what we really need for all of these community
>> supported platforms is one standard site (maybe a subdomain from
>> slackwarearm), done like a wiki type site, where each community
>> supported platform can have it's own section, and those who contribute
>> can sign up to have editing/uploading permissions. I have webspace, and
>> bandwidth I can donate to that, but I don't have the time to setup and
>> run such a site.
> This has occurred to me as well, but so far I've kept out of suggesting
> any structure for the RPi support (initially to see how it'd pan out).
> Perhaps a better approach would be to host the RPi page on
> http://docs.slackware.com and link to the externally hosted downloads from
> there.
>
> The issue I see, going forwards, is that support is fragmented.  Somebody
> finds that <x> doesn't work, so instead of suggesting/supplying a fix to
> the author of the work they were using, they start their own version which
> has additional issues.
>
> Does anybody want to be the lead owner of a RPi page on docs.slackware.com
> (assuming we can put it on there -- I have no input in to that site so
> have not yet checked whether we can (although I can't imagine why not!)).
> Ideally there'd be a single Rpi installer and/or image available that has
> all of the fixes rolled up into it.  In the typical model for this
> type of thing (given that it's a binary blob of an image/installer
> image), the project owner essentially becomes the gate keeper so has to be
> able to dedicate some time to folding requests and fixes back in to the
> distributed images.
>
> Thoughts? Any takers?
>
After a period of inactivity I have picked up my pi again and plan to 
also purchase another. Besides some play automation around home I hope 
to learn a bit more about arm systems.What relevant Info/discussion re 
Slackware Arm and Raspberrypi is currently fragmented over many 
different urls and what you are saying makes perfect sense.

I'm probably not the person for anything too technical but I could most 
likely manage the wiki side of things if the learning curve is not too 
steep. I've contributed on other wikis in the past and could probably do 
what is required or at least have a go.

Stuart, you can contact me off forum if you want to discuss my 
participation in something like what you suggest


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