RE: [IPCop-devel] IPCop future

As addonz was consived... This is an original request.  The issue is
user knowing where IPCop left off and addonz began.  I was one of the
people looking at the first addonz being but into place and suggested
that addonz first installed function (a boot strap for them) was a
hard to install installer.  This way the user knows they have left
IPCop based functions and now workin goutside the system... so if it
breaks -- IPCop can say, install IPCop and check again to validate.

The better answer what Bryan posted.  That is the correct solution. 
It is just most people do not want to use more than one machine.   

Maybe in the future VM systems will be a better option, then one
machine with multiple OS concurrently running, then all functions 
will
be in their own play pen.  That would be the best of both worlds...
but bigger than 20 meg distro.

Jack Beglinger


On 25 Jun 2003 at 14:09, Sam Snow wrote:

> > Jack B wrote:
> >
> > Will IPCop be released with addonz in the distro?  At this point,
> > no. Our goal is to keep IPCop a small base firewall distro.  Yes,
> > there  are functions built in to help the general user that are
> > needed in a firewall -- DHCP, DNS functionally.  But the goal is
> > keep the distro small so it easy to down load and install.  If we
> > colud get to be a  web only install (like Gentoo is basiclly) that
> > would be another story.  Will we get there most likely not.
> 
> Jack,
> Would you consider making the add-onz framework part of the main
> distribution which would allow for easier and wider use of them? It
> is a similar idea to the plug-ins concept that SquirrelMail
> http://www.squirrelmail.org/ uses.
> 
> Sam
> 
> 
> 
> 
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