>>>>> "Colin" == Colin Putney <cputney at wiresong.ca> writes:

Colin> Also, Andreas is right - it's probably possible to distribute Etoys
Colin> such that it can be "built" by filing "source code" into a base image
Colin> of some kind. If the base image didn't include Etoys itself (as
Colin> distinct from Squeak) that would provide the kind of transparency that
Colin> Debian is used to, at least as far as Etoys is concerned. That would
Colin> make the debian version be different from the upstream distribution,
Colin> which would presumably still be based on images.

Would they accept a KernelImage (http://www.comtalk.eu/Squeak/98)
and the rest of it as filein's?

Of course, even then, it means someone on the squeak release team would have
to tear down an image and build it back up before releasing the "official"
squeak, or we'd have to live with the idea that Debian is distributing a
slightly different image.

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