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On Wed, Feb 10, 2021 at 11:58 AM Andreas K. Hüttel <dilfridge@g.o> |
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> Hi all, |
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> I'm announcing a new project here - "binhost" |
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> "The Gentoo Binhost project aims to provide readily installable, |
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> precompiled |
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> packages for a subset of configurations, via central binary package |
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> hosting. |
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> Currently we are still in the conceptual planning stage. " |
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> https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Binhost |
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> If you're interested in helping out, feel free to add yourself on the wiki |
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> page. |
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> Note that I see actually *building* the packages not as the central point |
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> the project (that could be e.g. a side effect of a tinderbox). I'm more |
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> concerned about |
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> * what configurations should we use |
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> * what portage features are still needed or need improvements (e.g. binpkg |
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> signing and verification) |
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> * how should hosting look like |
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> * and how we can test this on a limited scale before it goes "into |
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> production" |
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> * ... |
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> Comments, ideas, flamebaits? :D |
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> Cheers, |
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> Andreas |
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> -- |
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> Andreas K. Hüttel |
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> dilfridge@g.o |
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> Gentoo Linux developer |
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> (council, qa, toolchain, base-system, perl, libreoffice) |
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What level of collaboration can be anticipated with non-official overlays? |
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E.g. Embedded systems such as Raspberry Pi, are particularly well |
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positioned to benefit from binhosting. There is a project (which I am |
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contributing to) which aims to provide an installable image and limited |
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binhosting for the 64bit Raspberry Pi boards |
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See this forum post for more details: |
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https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-1098232-postdays-0-postorder-asc-start-325.html |