Michal Suchanek, le Mon 17 Mar 2008 16:34:42 +0100, a écrit : > On 17/03/2008, Samuel Thibault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Arne Babenhauserheide, le Mon 17 Mar 2008 12:26:30 +0100, a écrit : > > > > > > As for automatically building live CDs and/or qemu images, this would be > > > > very useful -- maybe that part is indeed an appropriate task for GSoC. > > > > But as others pointed out, there are often issues with building a > > > > working system that require manual intervention; so it's questionable > > > > how far this process can really be automated... I think this needs some > > > > more consideration. > > > > > > Maybe some people with more background knowledge could add their feedback > > > there. > > > > > > Would it be possible to simplify the process _a lot_ with the right > > tools? > > > > > > The problem is that there is no easy automatic process: missing > > dependencies have to be found in the archive, etc. > > > What kind of archive? Shouldn't Debian just keep the packages until > new ones are built?
Debian doesn't wait for non-official architectures to catch up. > Can't there be a server with a Hurd repository that archives enough of > core packages to allow building a Hurd system out of these? The problem is to determine automatically what has to be kept. Samuel
