On 4/27/06, Kevin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
If I explore this idea with any further discussion, I'll be sure to follow the suggestions here about another list and reading past messages on that list.
Feel free to look at http://dev.gentoo.org/~radek/portki/ Short feature lists: * designed to run in fully automated way * uses master/slave portage replication mode with separate _own_ master portage repo * additional own repos for home made software * allows different upgrade cycles per machine (weekly/monthly/yearly, glsa only) * allows automatic cfg upgrade _if_ file was not touched by human. * does all necessary cleaning * extensive logging * does revdep-rebuild and other necessary portage tricks * allows central configuration (useflags, make.conf etc.) * it used binpkg in early version but I discarded this idea because of: .. problems generated even on compatibile hosts .. necessity to have all the same cfg (which is often not the case) .. small gain (on todays servers compilation is fast) .. much harder individual changes to the machines * its just an integration work (mostly bash and python) around standard gentoo tools, although its in highly automated state. * easy to extend Biggest drawbacks: * some bugs :) * lacking documentation -- radoslaw. -- [email protected] mailing list
