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Hey folks, |
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This is my last report of GSoC 2011 for my project, which is now complete. |
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Gentoaster is a collection of scripts that allow the automated |
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creation of a Gentoo virtual machine image. There is also no reason |
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why these images couldn’t be used on physical machines. It accepts a |
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configuration file, and produces a raw disk image (or a |
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VirtualBox/VMWare image if you prefer). |
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It allows for the creation of an image in two ways. The first is via |
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the CLI application. This accepts a configuration file and then |
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produces an image using it. The other way, is via Gentoaster’s WebUI. |
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If you configure this properly, you can build an image simply by |
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following through a web-based wizard. A configuration file is |
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generated based on your input to this wizard and added to the queue of |
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images waiting to be built. |
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Yesterday marked the end of Google’s Summer of Code coding period. As |
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such, all code that is part of the project is now available in the |
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repository and I welcome people to download it and give it a whirl. |
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I’ve requested a bug tracker to be setup for the project but this |
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isn’t ready yet sadly, so until it is, I’m happy to take bug reports |
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via email and IRC (#gentoo-soc on irc.freenode.org). |
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Basic usage instructions and a summary of what the project is about |
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can be found on the project site (http://soc.dev.gentoo.org/~hexxeh). |
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The product I’ve ended up with isn’t quite what I detailed in my |
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original proposal, I did make some changes. For example, the simple |
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mode on the wizard isn’t available. The default wizard path is an |
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expert-style version, where all possible options are exposed. However, |
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I did add a testdrive mode, where the VM can be booted up remotely |
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without leaving your browser. This would let you test your image |
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before you download it, for example. If you’re interested in |
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contributing, there’s a to-do list in the Git repository. |
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Lastly I’d like to say thanks to olemarkus, my mentor, for helping me |
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get this project completed. It’s been a great summer, and I’ve very |
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much enjoyed taking part in the Summer of Code. |
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Thanks, |
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Liam |
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