Ubuntu derivatives : howto ?

[Michael McCabe]

What is the timeframe for the tools for deriving ubuntu?

On Mon, 2004-11-22 at 19:43 +0100, Lucas Nussbaum wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 22, 2004 at 10:33:49AM -0800, Lloyd D Budd <foolswisdom at gmail.com> wrote:
> > In 
> > Subject: Re: gnuLinex and Ubuntu cooperation, Linux Component Model
> > From: Jeff Waugh <jeff.waugh at canonical.com>
> > To: ubuntu-devel at lists.ubuntu.com
> > Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2004 13:55:40 +1100
> > 
> > >> Maybe CL is the right way to do zero effort custom distro in Ubuntu?
> > JW> [I take it by CL we are discussing http://componentizedlinux.org/ ]
> > 
> > JW> We've specifically avoided the CL method so far - you'll see more 
> > JW> about our tools for deriving from Ubuntu over the coming months.
> > 
> > Maybe we can learn more sooner than later ;-)
> 
> I hope it will either be soon or somebody will take some time to explain
> me the details.
> 
> > > But getting the Windows partition resizing into Ubuntu is easy : just
> > > backport the changes from Debian's installer, which does it.
> > I like "was easy" over "is easy" ;-)
> 
> Given infinite time, I could help you :-)
> 
> > > Problem is, doing Mandrake's QA work
> > > until hoary looks like Hell to me.
> >
> > Sorry , I do not understand what you mean here . ?
> 
> I was referring to my first mail :
> 
> > Why do I need this ? I'm member of a student union	which lend CDs to
> > other students (to-be computer engineers). We mainly lend Mandrake and
> > endure the consequences of this every week, because Ubuntu is not at
> > all suited for our needs : [...] 
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