On 01/08/18 01:03, leloft wrote: > > I am experimenting with the idea of a customised local instance of the > Debian security-tracker but configured for Devuan Beowulf . Thus I may > have access to a local devuan-security mirror from which I could > extract a beowulf summary for this list to accompany the DSA summaries > for ascii. To this end, I have done the following:
Great idea. Would love it and will help where I can. > > 1) git clone > [email protected]:security-tracker-team/security-tracker.git > and issued $bin/setup-repo > > 2) with a view to a devuan-specific version of this > https://security-team.debian.org/security_tracker.html#setting-up-a-local-testing-instance > > 3) by editing the ./security-tracker/Makefile to > Devuan specific variables. > > 4) I was hoping it would be a trivial matter of > replacing devuan values in place for debian e.g. 'ascii' for 'stretch' > and Devuan URLs in place of > MIRROR = http://debian.csail.mit.edu/debian MIRROR = http://deb.devuan.org/merged > SECURITY_MIRROR = http://security.debian.org/debian-security SECURITY_MIRROR = http://deb.devuan.org/merged (same as normal) You'll need to change the code to reflect our security suites to handle <suite>-security > > Are there Devuan equivalents to these? Am I being naive? ^^ > My reasoning was that as the distance between Devuan > and Debian grows, so the desirability for Devuan-specific security > advisories may well increase in tandem. As this is going to add a > layer of uncertainty for the already over-worked upstream, my hope was > that I could do some of the preliminary spadework, although spadework > is about all it would (could) be. I have also reasoned that if > it was that simple, it's already been done, and probably better. We're all busy people - it's needed but not as much as other stuff. Would love if you could take this on! > > Is there anything in this idea that could be developed into a 'project'? > I have had a look at the devuan-security pages, and would be more than > willing to be a junior participant in such a project. > https://git.devuan.org/devuan-security Come over to #devuan-infra on freenode to discuss further > > All (any) advice or tips would be gratefully accepted. > > Many Thanks > > leloft > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Dng mailing list > [email protected] > https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng > -- Daniel Reurich Centurion Computer Technology (2005) Ltd. 021 797 722
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