[Angstrom-devel] RFC: only use autobuilder images

[Paul Sokolovsky]

Hello Koen,

Thursday, November 15, 2007, 1:46:52 PM, you wrote:

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>>
>>> Given the low number of mentor uploads I want to propose a new upload
>>> tactic:
>>>
>>>   The angstrom autobuilders build and upload new images (approximately)
>>> daily and machine mentor download those, test them, and when satisfied
>>> move them to the public download location.
>> 
>> Good idea.

   +10 either. I always considered it non-robust to rely on building
images in potentially inconsistent, and likely non-cleanroom
conditions. Having procedure like above - autobuilder builds images,
then mentors tests and approve them - seems like good compromise
between consistency and mentor involvement.

>>  
>> 
>> Few questions:
>> 
>> Can autobuilder update some RSS feed so we will be able to get 
>> notification which machines got images?

> If someone writes code for that, yes.

>> Which machines are autobuild?

> a1200 a780 akita alix at91sam9263ek c7x0 collie davinci-dvevm dht-walnut
> e680 efika ep93xx fic-gta01 fic-gta02 guinness gumstix-connex
> gumstix-verdex h2200 h3600 h3800 h4000 h5000 h6300 htctornado
> htcuniversal htcwallaby hx2000 hx4700 ixp4xxbe ixp4xxle magician mx31ads
> netbook-pro nokia770 nokia800 nslu2be nslu2le omap5912osk poodle qemuarm
> qemux86 rokre6 simpad spitz tosa

>> Which images are autobuild?

> That depends on the machine, but minimal and console images are always built

>> How to request type of image for machine?

> By adding a request in bugzilla.

  Can we also consider what image formats are built? It would be great
to have one "master" format from which other can be generated. That's
of course already in place with tar.gz images. Shouldn't we change
that to tar.bz2 to cut on download size?

> Any ideas what would be a good place to put the buildscript online so
> people can use it to setup extra autobuilders?
> Having more autobuilders would be a good idea as well.

  I've been asking about source for autobuilder for a long time... I
guess, contrib/ in OE tree is the perfect place.

> regards,

> Koen




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