On 2011-08-06 Sat 08:58, Markos Chandras wrote:
> > I wonder if we can't set up an automated system where a package 
> > maintainer goes to a webpage and enters the package they'd like to 
> > submit for a keyword request. The page would display the
> > requirements for each architecture, and the maintainer could then
> > start a test build that would run on the development boxes in a
> > testing chroot, and then give the results back to the maintainer.
> > That would certainly make the situation simpler for everyone.
> > Maybe that's deserving of a separation thread.
>
> This would be the best ( afaik opensuse has such as system ). However,
> this requires massive amount of time to even port it to Gentoo let alone
> create it from scratch. This could be an interesting idea for a GSOC
> project (provided the infrastructure is already in place ) but this is
> what I call "a non-realistic solution" :)

I think such a system or even just some sort of reproducible tinderbox
setup (in order to start with something simpler) would be great to try
running on the Supercell setup [1] at the OSL like I mentioned awhile
back [2] on the dev list.

If people are interested I can try to get the ball rolling and see if
Gentoo can get access to some of the hardware now that most of the
infrastructure is in place.

Tim

[1]: http://supercell.osuosl.org/
[2]: http://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-dev/msg_cd3bd6dec446e53d183d41ad8b395ad8.xml