Re: [gentoo-soc] Online image builder

[Eitan Mosenkis]

By the time development starts, I should have my own computer running Gentoo
again.  My worry was about the application requirement mentioned at
http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code_2009_ideas#For_Students -
I'd have no problem making a change on SVN or whatever system, but if I want
to actually make a useful change, I'll need a Linux system to work with.
 Maybe that was just a basic proficiency test and not intended to get people
to fix actual bugs, I couldn't say from the wording.
Eitan

On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 7:48 PM, Alec Warner <antarus@g.o> wrote:

> On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 2:33 AM, Eitan Mosenkis <eitan@××××××××.net>
> wrote:
> > Hi.
> > I already emailed a bit about the idea with the potential mentor (solar),
> > but I thought I'd say hi here on the mailing list too, since I don't
> expect
> > to have too much time before applications start going in to hang around
> the
> > IRC channel.
> > The way it looks to me, I'd like to implement the frontend in PHP.  The
> > first stage would be getting a functional frontend and backend (I might
> do
> > that in PHP for code reusability between the two parts, but the backend
> > language doesn't seem to really matter because it will really just be
> > deciding which helper programs to invoke) that is usable to generate an
> > image for the requested arch and with a few choices about packages
> > installed, etc.
> > The second stage would probably involve making a two-track frontend - one
> > for embedded systems use, and one for general/desktop use.  The embedded
> > system would focus more on base system choices such as various HTTP, FTP,
> > and other servers and cron/log daemons, while the general interface would
> > focus on generating an image that would simplify installing Gentoo for a
> > normal user - think a minimal install CD plus a server-generated script
> that
> > would do a lot of the more menial parts of Gentoo installation - offer a
> > nice checkbox interface to choosing your USE flags, let you preselect
> common
> > packages or groups of packages to be installed once bootstrapping is
> > complete, etc.
> > I just noticed the new guidelines on the top of the ideas page and I have
> a
> > bit of a problem.  I won't have my own computer until around the start of
> > the program and I don't have access to any linux machine that I could use
> to
> > patch a bug and submit it for linking to my application.  Obviously, all
> of
> > the tools needed to get the source, make a patch, etc. can be used on
> > Windows, but I'd really prefer not to try and make a patch without a
> testing
> > environment to find the problem and test the fix.  Suggestions?
>
> Provided you are comfortable using putty (or similar) we can provide a
> shell account for you if your application is accepted.
>
> > Also, what am I going for when I link a mailing list post?  Just to show
> > that I posted on a mailing list, or am I supposed to impress everyone
> with
> > the witty rhetoric and astounding community relations skills I displayed
> in
> > my post also?
> > Eitan
>
>