Re: [gentoo-soc] GSoC 2016: Continuous stabilization of Gentoo

[Benda Xu]

Hi Pallav,

Pallav Agarwal <pallavagarwal07@×××××.com> writes:

> Moreover, since infrastructure is expensive, this computation can also
> be done in a distributed fashion, running the jobs on computers of
> volunteers willing to contribute some computation time using a
> software like BOINC. Once this is done, it should be possible to have
> stabilization requests resolved in almost no time at all.

I am curious if BOINC could handle a minimal gentoo installation for
building tasks.  That would be quite large to download a stage3.

Also, I am not sure if tinderbox relates to this proposal and solves
part of the tasks you listed.  Have you made a survey on tinderbox
before?

Benda