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On Wed, 16 Sep 2020 19:47:35 -0400 |
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Rich Freeman <rich0@g.o> wrote: |
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> Seems like a way to improve this would be better documentation and a |
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> DIY infra testing platform. |
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> First, document how to prepare a service for infra hosting. Maybe |
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> provide an example service. |
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> Second, publish a tarball of a container/chroot that basically |
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> simulates an infra host for testing purposes. Provide instructions on |
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> how to configure/run it. Make it easy - edit this config file to |
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> point to your repo, put the name of your service/host here, etc. |
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> Anybody developing a service could then just follow the instructions |
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> and then test out their service in a similar environment to what infra |
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> uses. Nobody needs to be trusted with any credentials. Nobody needs |
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> access to any special repos. They can run the container on their own |
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> host, and point it at their favorite git repo hosting service. |
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> Once it is working all they need to do is give the link to their |
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> repo/etc to infra. Infra can then fork it and host it. The |
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> maintainer can submit pull requests as needed to infra. |
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I'm in favour of all of this. |
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