I think it should be included, though I don't think it should have a menu item if the boot method is not the usual one for the particular debiandog (in this case openbox version). Afterall, the size is tiny, and there may well be some users who will prefer the alternative boot strategies, and these flexible alternative boot strategies are core concepts underlying all debiandog developments so far - it would be a pity to diverge from that since ultimately the strength of this project stems from its collaborative development effort.fredx181 wrote: Live-snapshot I didn't include because I think it needs more testing and also I'm not sure if it is a useful addition, we have porteus-boot with save on exit supporting file deletion which live-snapshot doesn't AFAIK.
Fred
Otherwise, you encourage forks and derivatives, which is fine but can be confusing and water down the development effort since it ends up being spread amongst the derivatives and individually tailored forks - becomes then difficult to keep track of any potential improvements/fixes that have been implemented in other derivatives.
There will always be forks and derivatives (even if just loose ones) because some will want to change some things and go it alone, but surest development, I feel, lies in collaborative core rather than individual choice. However, that is different from development decisions by committee or forum, which is too loose since casual users often haven't familiarised themselves with all the development issues.
Of course, DebianDog itself, to a large extent is 'just' a derivative of Debian live, but it is a particularly tailored one, taking as it does ideas from Puppy, Porteus and so on, to produce quite an individual flavour.
Personally, I'm happy xhippo, with its front and backend scripts, continues to be used in core because it provides a relatively tiny multimedia system (which could be adjusted to use, for example, mplayer or vlc underneath). Being tiny it doesn't really cost anything to include it, whether a user decides to install/use some other multimedia system altogether or not (and the sfs activation tools makes that even easier). If something smaller, but better or more flexible comes along, then of course that should be adopted - but it is good to have a stable and consistent core in all debiandog releases IMO.