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Hello all, |
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This is a text-only version of the Gentoo/AMD64 Project Status Report, which is |
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also accessible here: |
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http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/base/amd64/status/status_20060110.xml |
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================================== |
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Gentoo/AMD64 Project Status Report |
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This is the status of the Gentoo/AMD64 Project. It will be posted regularly, but |
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not with a static frequency. All questions can be posted to amd64@g.o. |
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This status report is mainly concerned about the progress made between Jan 1, |
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2005 and Dec 31, 2005. |
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Status Report in Figures |
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* 1'486 bugs assigned to amd64@g.o [1] and amd64-test@g.o [2] were |
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fixed. |
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* The Gentoo/AMD64 team [3] has grown from 9 developers to 32 developers. Also, |
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we have our own arch testers team [4] which counts 16 active volunteers. |
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* Two full releases and one media refresh release were made. |
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Release Engineering |
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In March 2005, a major step towards true multilib support was made when |
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releasing 2005.0. Starting from this release, the `multilib` USE flag, mainly |
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used by the toolchain packages, was deprecated and instead, subprofiles should |
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be used to control the behaviour regarding multilib-support. |
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As a consequence of this change, the `sys-libs/glibc` package now builds |
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natively both 64bit and 32bit version and the precompiled |
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`app-emulation/emul-linux-x86-glibc` package is no longer needed. |
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The change also enabled a far easier way to track dependencies for 32bit |
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packages through `multilib.eclass` that was written. |
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With 2005.0 and the profile change, a new feature called `multilib-strict` was |
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introduced. It is a QA tool to assure that all packages install their libraries |
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into the correct directories, which is essential for multilib systems. |
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To make the complicated upgrade process easier for users, automated scripts and |
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detailed documentation were provided. |
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In August 2005, Gentoo 2005.1 was released. New stages and CDs were made and the |
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default USE flags were reviewed and cut down to a minimum. |
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In November, a media refresh release called 2005.1-r1 was made. It was mainly a |
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bugfix release to fix a few bugs in the stages and CDs, the 2005.1 profile was kept. |
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Stable-profile |
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As AMD64 processors became a lot cheaper, its popularity grew enormously. Thanks |
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to the stable-profile- and AT-project we could ensure that the AMD64 stable |
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profile was always up to date and almost as recent as the x86 one. |
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Documentation |
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The documentation subproject has written multiple new documents: |
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* The Gentoo/AMD64 FAQ [5] |
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* The 2005.0 Upgrade Guide [6] |
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* Howto file bugs [7] |
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* 32bit Chroot Guide for Gentoo/AMD64 [8] |
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* The Gentoo/AMD64 Testing Docs [9] |
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* Arch Specific Notes -- AMD64/EM64T [10] |
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Since these documents cover almost all aspects of a amd64 system, the old |
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technotes [11] could be deprecated. |
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Further, a list [12] was put together to document the emulation packages, mainly |
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to assure that vulnerabilities also get fixed in the pre-compiled |
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`emul-linux-x86-*` packages. |
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Gentoo/AMD64 Arch Testers |
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The Gentoo/AMD64 Arch Testers subproject was founded to recruit more developers |
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and power-users which could help to reduce the workload significantly. The idea |
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turned out to be a great success: Over 25 ATs [4] were recruited of which 6 |
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became developers. To make the testing and keywording even more efficient, GLEP |
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41 [13] was brought up. |
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Donations |
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We got multiple boxes donated by AMD, which are now mainly used to offer shell |
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accounts to other Gentoo developers that want to test their patches before |
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committing them. They're also used as distcc nodes to speed up the release |
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engineering tasks. |
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References: |
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[1] mailto:amd64@g.o |
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[2] mailto:amd64-test@g.o |
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[3] http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/base/amd64/#Developers |
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[4] http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/base/amd64/tests/index.xml?part=1&chap=1#doc_chap1 |
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[5] http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-amd64-faq.xml |
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[6] http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/base/amd64/howtos/index.xml?part=1&chap=1 |
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[7] http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/base/amd64/howtos/index.xml?part=1&chap=2 |
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[8] http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/base/amd64/howtos/index.xml?part=1&chap=3 |
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[9] http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/base/amd64/tests/index.xml |
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[10] http://dev.gentoo.org/~plasmaroo/devmanual/archs/amd64/ |
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[11] http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/base/amd64/technotes/index.xml |
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[12] http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/base/amd64/emul/emul-content.txt |
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[13] http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/glep/glep-0041.html |
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-- |
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Simon Stelling |
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Gentoo/AMD64 Operational Co-Lead |
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blubb@g.o |
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