Fabian, Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't launchpad open source? There's been much talk about Launchpad mock-ups and redesigns, etc. Maybe you could simply fork launchpad as opposed to creating a replacement?
http://blog.launchpad.net/general/launchpad-is-now-open-source On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 2:55 PM, Fabian Thoma <fab...@elementaryos.org>wrote: > So I'm gonna enter that conversation here, if we want to have automated > builds for debian based systems not on Launchpad we really need the > following: > > 1. Hardware (we already got a virtual server capable of building the > daily isos, so it should be able to handle this, if needed we can also go > dedicated) > 2. a build daemon, which is buildd that debian uses for it's build > machines (we can use that 1 to 1 like launchpad) > 3. a system managing builds and versions (which I'd prefer to build or > use something highly flexible and adapt) > 4. a repo server that hosts the packages and can support high traffic > (that's a matter of renting it really) > > I don't see any issue in these things, especially the hardware and build > based stuff. Building something to manage the builds and versions should > not be a big deal either, but the real question has to be if we want to go > and diy a Launchpad replacement or use something finished and integrate the > build part into it. > > > On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 11:42 PM, Sergey "Shnatsel" Davidoff < > ser...@elementaryos.org> wrote: > >> what do we need in order to get our own repo and automated build >>> infrastructure? Is it a hardware issue? >>> >> >> A lot of things I'm afraid. Off the top of my head, the list is as >> follows: >> >> 1. hardware >> 2. pbuilder configuration (mostly done) >> 3. some piece of software to accept dput uploads (should exist, but >> not found yet) >> 4. some piece of software to create and maintain the repository >> (should exist, but not found yet) >> 5. lots of integration scripts to write and secondary systems to set >> up (mailer to report failed builds, etc) >> 6. some UI to be able to make sense of all that and manage the setup >> (probably doesn't exist) >> >> -- >> Sergey "Shnatsel" Davidoff >> OS architect @ elementary >> >> -- >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community >> Post to : elementary-dev-community@lists.launchpad.net >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> >> > > > -- > <http://elementaryos.org/> *Fabian Thoma* | *Council Member* > elementary OS > fab...@elementaryos.org / elementaryos.org > > -- > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community > Post to : elementary-dev-community@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > -- *------------------------------**------------------------------** Chris Timberlake* Technical Architect Phone: 515-707-5109 gam...@gmail.com
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