Re: Desktop NetBSD needs your help

["David Brownlee" <abs%absd.org@localhost>]

From: matthew sporleder <msporleder%gmail.com@localhost>

> On 2/9/09, Anne Bennett <anne%porcupine.montreal.qc.ca@localhost> wrote:
> >
> >
> >  On Sat, 7 Feb 2009, Andrew Doran wrote:
> >
> >
> > >   Given a NetBSD CD and a reasonably modern x86 computer, make it 
possible
> > >   to install a useful desktop system in under 15 minutes, responding 
to
> > >   only a few prompts in the process.
> > >
> >
> >  If you succeed at this, you'll have done something useful, but IMHO an
> >  important part is missing: installing a system is the (relatively)
> >  easy part.  Keeping it patched is a whole 'nother ball game, and
> >  difficult enough for experienced sysadmins; for ordinary users, it's an
> >  insurmountable problem as things stand.
> >
> >  And if you're able to basically automate patching the O/S and
> >  software, then you will have provided tools that will help a lot of
> >  overworked sysadmins as well.
> 
> 
> I've been looking at this a little bit and I think it's out of scope
> for a desktop project, but definitely a place where netbsd could use
> help.
> 
> http://mspo.com/blog/2009/01/mtdiffsh-10.html
> http://mail-index.netbsd.org/tech-userlevel/2009/01/03/msg001520.html

I think its a great additional project, could you maybe add a wiki page on 
wiki.netbsd.se with notes and references and link to it from the desktop 
project one?