Re: [gentoo-alt] 'Continuous Integration' for Gentoo Prefix?

[Benda Xu]

Hi Sam,

Sam Pfeiffer <sammypfeiffer@×××××.com> writes:

> With Azure announcing unlimited minutes on CI/CD for open source
> projects:
> https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/announcing-azure-pipelines-with-unlimited-ci-cd-minutes-for-open-source/
>
> Even bootstrapping Gentoo prefix, with pieces of software like gcc
> taking very long to compile, is possible.
>
> The point is: I have been trying to build Gentoo Prefix during the
> last days after a few months of break since the last time I touched
> the system. And it's failing. I haven't managed yet to bootstrap it
> completely. I feel there is no CI/CD setup to catch these issues and
> be able to offer a working version of Gentoo Prefix at any time.

I completely agree with you.  I hope you can carry on this project to
setup proper CI for Gentoo Prefix.  I am all in for help, portage/ebuild
mentoring and coorperation.

A CI for Gentoo Prefix has been on my list for ages.  Thank you for
triggering this.

Yours,
Benda