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On 2/10/21 6:57 PM, Andreas K. Hüttel wrote: |
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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, precompiled |
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> packages for a subset of configurations, via central binary package 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 of |
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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 production" |
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> * ... |
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> Comments, ideas, flamebaits? :D |
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To me, rather than build time, the time consuming challenge is to review the |
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content of make.conf to get the most out of my (usually quite powerful) hardware, |
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when there are updates to Gentoo or even the hardware. |
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For GSoC 2018 I have drawn the idea of some 'Social Linux Distribution Network', |
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as in sharing Gentoo config like in some social network, with backing by some |
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binhost infrastructure to be an optional second step: |
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https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code/2018/Ideas#Social_Linux_Distribution_Network |
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While I unlikely will have enough time to really help out here, I'm a potential user |
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of binhost with a personal focus on most flexible connectivity while using Xfce. |
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My 2 ct, |
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/haubi/ |