Re: [gentoo-dev] New project: binhost

[Aisha Tammy]

On 2/10/21 12:57 PM, Andreas K. Hüttel wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm announcing a new project here - "binhost"
>
> "The Gentoo Binhost project aims to provide readily installable, precompiled
> packages for a subset of configurations, via central binary package hosting.
> Currently we are still in the conceptual planning stage. "
>
> https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Binhost
>
> If you're interested in helping out, feel free to add yourself on the wiki
> page.
>
> Note that I see actually *building* the packages not as the central point of
> the project (that could be e.g. a side effect of a tinderbox). I'm more
> concerned about
> * what configurations should we use
maybe to start with, desktop profiles (gnome/qt/none + systemd/openrc) are
a good idea, these are the people who would benefit most.
This may not be enough, most people also enable extra flags
polkit/elogind/ttf/otf/wayland/pulseaudio
We can start with a default and gather feedback as to what new flags should
be enabled.
> * what portage features are still needed or need improvements (e.g. binpkg
> signing and verification)
somehow checking valid CFLAG/etc. compatibility, not sure how.
Some packages fail when built with differing flags
> * how should hosting look like
Something like the list of profiles in eselect profile
(replace https by protocol of choice):

   https://binpkg.gentoo.org/amd64/17.1/desktop/
   https://binpkg.gentoo.org/amd64/17.1/desktop/gnome/

could potentially also be mirrored on rsync mirrors.

Cheers,
Aisha
> * and how we can test this on a limited scale before it goes "into production"
> * ...
>
> Comments, ideas, flamebaits? :D
>
> Cheers,
> Andreas
>