On Saturday 28 February 2009, 18:27:43, Daniel Baumann wrote: > Hi, > > Google Summer of Code 2009 starts soon. Does anyone have any > live-specific idea that could be implemented during the summer by a > student?
Yes, supporting building of images in steps, exploiting the "stackable fs" feature of live-initramfs. Maybe integrating this with our present recursive filelists. Example: Building a standard image includes the "minimal" list, so this image could require 2 fs, a minimal and the standard, which in aufs view could be the differences between minimal build and standard build. So the minimal would be bootstrapped and a fs (squashfs, e.g.) will be generated, then loop mounted, unioned with a tmpdir and the "standard" phase (packages installation) will be performed. Then the tmpdir will become another fs. In this example we will have at boot 2 squashfs to be used in the union of aufs as read-only. More steps for deeper packages lists. I could elaborate better if needed. (worktime now) -- ESC:wq -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-live-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
