[oi-dev] Distribution build system

2011-03-16 Thread Andrzej Szeszo
Hi All The project is moving forward very slowly. I my opinion one of the main reasons behind it is lack of unified distribution build system. Previous releases were put together manually. Probably one or two core contributors would be be able to repeat the whole process at this point withou

Re: [oi-dev] Distribution build system

2011-03-16 Thread Colin Ellis
Great idea, worth the pain! On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 11:35 AM, Andrzej Szeszo wrote: > Hi All > > The project is moving forward very slowly. I my opinion one of the main > reasons behind it is lack of unified distribution build system. > > Previous releases were put together manually. Probably on

Re: [oi-dev] Distribution build system

2011-03-16 Thread Deano
A laudable aim but do we have the man power to do it, without negatively affecting our existing schedules for illumos and stable releases? Bye, Deano From: Colin Ellis [mailto:panamaya...@gmail.com] Sent: 16 March 2011 11:46 To: OpenIndiana Developer mailing list Subject: Re: [oi-dev] Dist

Re: [oi-dev] Distribution build system

2011-03-16 Thread Chris Ridd
On 16 Mar 2011, at 12:12, Deano wrote: > A laudable aim but do we have the man power to do it, without negatively > affecting our existing schedules for illumos and stable releases? Can we afford *not* to do it? Anything to make it easier and more practical for contributions the better... Chr

Re: [oi-dev] oi-dev Digest, Vol 7, Issue 6

2011-03-16 Thread Butch Whitby
> Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2011 11:35:58 + > From: Andrzej Szeszo > To: OpenIndiana Developer mailing list > Subject: [oi-dev] Distribution build system > Message-ID: <4d80a09e.2060...@gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > Hi All > > The project is

Re: [oi-dev] Distribution build system

2011-03-16 Thread Andrzej Szeszo
On 03/16/11 13:34, Chris Ridd wrote: On 16 Mar 2011, at 12:12, Deano wrote: > A laudable aim but do we have the man power to do it, without negatively affecting our existing schedules for illumos and stable releases? Can we afford*not* to do it? Anything to make it easier and more practical

Re: [oi-dev] oi-dev Digest, Vol 7, Issue 6

2011-03-16 Thread Andrzej Szeszo
Hi Butch Individual consolidations that form OpenIndiana distribution are using different build systems. Some consolidations are available in binary form only. I propose creating a unified infrastructure on top of all build systems so that full or incremental builds of the whole OS could be

Re: [oi-dev] Distribution build system

2011-03-16 Thread Chris Ridd
On 16 Mar 2011, at 15:43, Andrzej Szeszo wrote: > On 03/16/11 13:34, Chris Ridd wrote: >> On 16 Mar 2011, at 12:12, Deano wrote: >> >> >>> > >>> A laudable aim but do we have the man power to do it, without negatively >>> affecting our existing schedules for illumos and stable releases? >>>

Re: [oi-dev] Distribution build system

2011-03-16 Thread Alan Coopersmith
On 03/16/11 09:12 AM, Chris Ridd wrote: > FWIW at work we have an XML file describing each release as (essentially) a > number of git repos + tags to checkout, and then what script to run to build > each given repo. Our overall build script goes through that XML in order, and > is able to do "th

Re: [oi-dev] Distribution build system

2011-03-16 Thread Andrzej Szeszo
Thanks for the link Alan. We will definitely evaluate it. Andrzej On Wednesday, 16 March 2011, Alan Coopersmith wrote: > On 03/16/11 09:12 AM, Chris Ridd wrote: >> FWIW at work we have an XML file describing each release as (essentially) a >> number of git repos + tags to checkout, and then wha

Re: [oi-dev] Distribution build system

2011-03-16 Thread Chris Ridd
On 16 Mar 2011, at 16:34, Alan Coopersmith wrote: > On 03/16/11 09:12 AM, Chris Ridd wrote: >> FWIW at work we have an XML file describing each release as (essentially) a >> number of git repos + tags to checkout, and then what script to run to build >> each given repo. Our overall build script