Re: [PATCH v4 1/5] implement isar-bootstrap using debootstrap

[Claudius Heine <ch@denx.de>]

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Hi Alex,

On Wed, 2018-03-14 at 11:56 +0300, Alexander Smirnov wrote:
> On 03/07/2018 07:44 PM, claudius.heine.ext@siemens.com wrote:
> > From: Claudius Heine <ch@denx.de>
> > 
> > Since multistrap is deprecated for some years, it is required to
> > change
> > to debootstrap.
> > 
> > This patch introduces the 'isar-bootstrap' recipe that implement
> > the
> > creation of a minimal base root file system using debootstrap.
> > 
> 
> Why do you use term 'bootstrap'? It's completely different topic
> than 
> debootstrap.

Because I want to be implementation independent. If for some reason
someone wants to change the name of the tool again (I know its not to
be expected), this way only the implementation of the isar-bootstrap
needs to be changed.
In theory with an alternative implementation of some interfaces other
distribution could be supported. I don't know in which direction isar
will go, but binding your interface names to tightly to the name of
some third-party products is not a good idea.

What I tried is called loose coupling and that is generally seen as a
good software design pattern.

>  According to the wiki:
> 
> https://wiki.debian.org/DebianBootstrap#Bootstrapping
> 
> Bootstraping is a process of creation Debian from zero to a full
> archive.

The word "bootstrapping" is used in many projects and generally
describes starting something from almost nothing. Also this patchset
doesn't use "DebianBootstrap" is uses "isar-bootstrap".

Cheers,
Claudius

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