On Wed, 10 Feb 2021 19:57:48 +0200 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 >
It would be great to improve portage speed with handling binpkgs. I already have my own binhost for a couple of Gentoo systems and even though these systems don't have to compile anything themselves, installing ~100 to ~200 binpkgs takes way more than an hour of installation time. Arch Linux' pacman only takes a fraction of this time for the very same task. I know that I compare apples with pears here but even reducing the current portage time by 50% would be a huge improvement. Cheers -- Lars Wendler Gentoo package maintainer GPG: 21CC CF02 4586 0A07 ED93 9F68 498F E765 960E 9B39
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