On Wed, Feb 10, 2021 at 11:58 AM Andreas K. Hüttel <dilfri...@gentoo.org> 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 > > -- > Andreas K. Hüttel > dilfri...@gentoo.org > Gentoo Linux developer > (council, qa, toolchain, base-system, perl, libreoffice) What level of collaboration can be anticipated with non-official overlays? E.g. Embedded systems such as Raspberry Pi, are particularly well positioned to benefit from binhosting. There is a project (which I am contributing to) which aims to provide an installable image and limited binhosting for the 64bit Raspberry Pi boards See this forum post for more details: https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-1098232-postdays-0-postorder-asc-start-325.html
