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On Sun, Dec 7, 2014 at 5:42 PM, James <wireless@×××××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> Rich Freeman <rich0 <at> gentoo.org> writes: |
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>> > liveUSB, where folks can download "Gentoo Fever" onto a usb stick and stick |
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>> > into their current hardware and boot up a killer code development system. |
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>> Building a liveUSB version of Gentoo is almost completely orthagonal |
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>> to building an automatic ebuild testing system. |
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> Agreed from where you sit. Where I sit, when I explain to folks about |
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> this project, a liveUSB stick running the latest in what gentoo-fever |
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> is, speaks volumes to encourage non-gentoo folks to take it for a test |
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> drive. |
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I didn't say it was a bad idea. I just said that it had nothing to do |
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with Continuous Integration (CI). |
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If a billion people used Gentoo for 8 hours a day straight, that would |
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also have nothing to do with CI. |
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>> A Gentoo CI system doesn't even have to be hosted on Gentoo, or on |
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>> Linux for that matter. Of course, if one were ever to become official |
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>> it most likely would be hosted on Gentoo, but most likely not on a box |
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>> booted from a USB. |
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> Um, I never saw "CI" defined, so please define specifically, then |
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> use the abbrev? |
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Continuous Integration is probably being used a bit loosely here. The |
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concept is testing every commit to ensure a level of quality. Commits |
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wouldn't directly hit users - they would be tested first (perhaps in |
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batches), and then would only hit users if they pass. Or something |
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along those lines. Maybe it would just refer to frequently testing |
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the tree with automated bug reporting. |
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None of this has to do with having a USB live distro. |
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>> I'm not saying that a liveUSB version of Gentoo wouldn't be nice to |
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>> have. It just has nothing to do with solving this particular problem. |
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> OK, see above; you are right technically. Do you want a few dozen |
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> participates or a few thousand? |
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I want ZERO participants. That's the whole point. It is supposed to |
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be automated. |
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Sure, somebody has to write the code, but I doubt handing out liveUSB |
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images is going to inspire that. |
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Also, if your main goal was to have a quick easy-to-use Linux desktop, |
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I'm not quite sure why you'd pick Gentoo in particular to base it on. |
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The whole point of Gentoo is that you can change it, while a liveUSB |
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tends to imply something static and standardized. |
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Heck, they could use ChromeOS as it is a Gentoo derivative. However, |
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if you want something in-between Sabayon is probably about right. :) |
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Rich |
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