Maurice Janssen wrote:
On Tuesday, April 10, 2007 at 11:36:08 +0200, Marc Espie wrote:
We have stated this numerous times, but maybe it's not easy to find in the
archives because there is no obvious subject: not enough resources.
Binary updates for the whole system would be desireable, but we simply do
not have the time to do it right (for now).
What do you consider to be 'right'? I guess all supported architectures,
including X and for the latest and previous release.
I would assume so, but real feedback may be nice to get to be sure.
The infrastructure is totally geared towards -current. There are just few
resources devoted to -stable packages, and almost none towards stable
source.
I can build releases of the stable tree on a regular basis for 6
architectures, but not all of them. In case there are any plans and I
can help, just let me know.
If there was a real concrete effort, not just the usual vapor ware, I
would/could offer hosting in Equinix peering point, for downloading
binaries, and/or even setup hardware to have it done automatically like
the current, however, I do not know the setup or configuration of that
setup to produce the current binaries. If that was for real, I wouldn't
be oppose to get the hardware to do it natively and get it going. Just
my own experience however, there is always many users saying they would
do it, but when the time comes, well.....
Some people external to the project are providing you with binpatch and
binary updates. As long as you trust them, you can use their work...
I found some instructions and scripts, but no ready-to-download
binaries. Someone interested to set something up?
I suppose this will be external to the project, because I doubt we can
do it 'right' either.
Not to put the burning on anyone here, but if that was going to be done,
I would love to be sure it is done properly, meaning with some guidance
of devs to follow the same standard as the project if possible.
At a minimum, just a hosting of good and reliable binaries would already
be great.
In any case, I am not sure where this will go, or if anywhere, but if
there is a real effort, I would do my share and can put it on
openbsdsupport.org as well if that help some.
There have been talk on this subject for years and I suspect it will
continue for more, but I may be wrong.
Daniel
