I think an automated system would be nicer, but yes this would resolve the majority of my concern here.
Kevin Cox <[email protected]> writes: > [ Unknown signature status ] > On 16/10/16 18:24, Shea Levy wrote: >> The existing infrastructure will always have more load and be more >> complex than what is needed for security updates. hydra is a fully >> general CI system, and properly so, but it means the system is subject >> to bugs and constraints that a simpler more focused system can avoid. >> >> Moreover, for better or for worse hydra.nixos.org is only manageable by >> a small set of people who are not always available to service it (nor >> should they have to be!). No amount of improving hydra will fix that. >> > > I see your point. But for a emergency rebuild system for security fixes > wouldn't it just make sense to have a couple of people with S3 > credentials? Most packages can be built on a mildly powerful machine in > an hour. In the rare case that the package would take longer it probably > wouldn't be improved by a cluster as it will be a serial dependency chain. > > So if we really want to reduce dependencies how about a couple of people > trusted to push these updated packages?
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