Maybe as starter, if some people have any public binhosts available,
some volunteers can try using those to build a (test) system to check
how it fares?
I have two public binhosts available (with very limited set of packages
and very specific CPUs and very weak servers, so please don't crash them)
https://bsd.ac/gentoo-binpkgs/ivybridge/Packages <--- a bit more up
to date
https://bsd.ac/gentoo-binpkgs/znver1/Packages <--- not that
regularly updated
The packages might be about week or two old, am going to setup weekly
builds and uploads.
Might be better to start making something, and testing things out. If
and when things break, we can see how to fix.
I'm sure others have more extensive infrastructure and setups than my
tiny VPS.
If some other people want to give out information about their binhosts,
at least some form of trial and error can be started.
Thoughts?
Aisha
On 2/10/21 12:57 PM, Andreas K. Hüttel wrote:
Hi all,
I'm announcing a new project here - "binhost"
"The Gentoo Binhost project aims to provide readily installable, precompiled
packages for a subset of configurations, via central binary package hosting.
Currently we are still in the conceptual planning stage. "
https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Binhost
If you're interested in helping out, feel free to add yourself on the wiki
page.
Note that I see actually *building* the packages not as the central point of
the project (that could be e.g. a side effect of a tinderbox). I'm more
concerned about
* what configurations should we use
* what portage features are still needed or need improvements (e.g. binpkg
signing and verification)
* how should hosting look like
* and how we can test this on a limited scale before it goes "into production"
* ...
Comments, ideas, flamebaits? :D
Cheers,
Andreas
