On Sun, Oct 20, 2013 at 05:41:39PM +0200, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > B. Powerful machine for d-i development (expected cost: 1.5k-2k EUR?) > =====================================================================
The estimation is a bit too large for a decent desktop machine. > > 1. performing more frequent d-i uploads: > > http://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2013/10/msg00194.html > > 2. implementing some kind of official images with backported linux > > kernels (and possibly other needed bits from the right suite); Aren't this tasks better done on Debian server hardware instead of developer hardware? Did the developer talk to DSA? > > 3. implementing automated regression testing, so that we can work > > properly on 1., 2., and also on stable uploads; dailies would also > > benefit from that; people from -cd@ (Steve, mostly) would probably > > appreciate it as well. KVM should support nested VM on at least AMD hardware (however I did not test that), so DSA may be able to provide something. > - the specifics of the tasks justify hardware hosted locally (VNC to > a remote machine is possible of course, but latency makes it quite > inefficient to do testing that way) The developer in question is located in australia, africa or south america? Otherwise there are DC near enough to not have a lot of latency. Bastian -- What kind of love is that? Not to be loved; never to have shown love. -- Commissioner Nancy Hedford, "Metamorphosis", stardate 3219.8 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-project-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20131020184857.ga27...@mail.waldi.eu.org