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On Sat, Jul 27, 2013 at 6:05 AM, Fabio Erculiani <lxnay@g.o> wrote: |
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> Some time ago I was also thinking about writing a test framework for |
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> testing live images through kvm. |
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> Of course I didn't manage to find time to try to arrange something in |
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> the end, but the idea is still popping up in my mind every now and |
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> then. |
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Feel free to adapt: |
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https://github.com/rich0/rich0-gentoo-bootstrap |
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FYI - I plan to update it slightly today - I'm actually running 4 |
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builds right now, eliminating some config-file cruft that is left over |
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from earlier failures, and adding a little more due to a new one. |
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More often than not I run into a little surprise every time I run it, |
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either due to regressions, or due to the stage3 being so old that half |
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the system needs to be updated. Newer stage3s would certainly help. |
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So, if we add a QA step to stage3 publication we should try to keep up |
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the pace, otherwise we'll create just as many problems for new users |
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having to use old stage3s as we'll solve. |
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Those scripts could benefit from re-factoring (oh, and it wouldn't |
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hurt for me to credit Dowd and Associates again who created them). |
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Some thoughts: |
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1. I added the plugin framework but never moved some of the default |
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packages into a plugin. That would be an easy improvement to improve |
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utility. |
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2. All of the EC2 logic itself could be moved into appropriate |
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functions, and then the script could be made configurable for EC2 vs |
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KVM vs whatever. The bootstrap logic itself would work fine in an |
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architecture once /mnt/gentoo is setup. |
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I wouldn't necessarily mind volunteering to keep up with it, but if |
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I'm going to be running these weekly I'll probably ask for |
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reimbursement for EC2 expenses (I use spot instances so it isn't too |
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much, but all that CPU still adds up as well as storage costs while |
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I'm debugging things). If we're willing to pay for the storage |
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(fairly nominal) I could also work on publishing a list of up-to-date |
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EC2 images (they're a byproduct of this stuff anyway so I just need to |
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publish them when they work). |
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Rich |
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