Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2024 14:26:41 +0000 From: Shawn Webb <shawn.webb@hardenedbsd.org> To: Chris Moerz <freebsd@ny-central.org> Cc: FreeBSD Virtualization Mailing List <freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: OS Images(Linux/etc) in ports tree Message-ID: <bur66nu6ytk7n5nnriwjy2oddrczsk3wse3zjvv2g6giaiohbl@xpbsmba6kp47> In-Reply-To: <28dd6abb-5868-e42a-c385-37e72653ba2d@ny-central.org> References: <CAD6yh%2BM_Z_HNcPavt4_TvGn9QhWPX8Q2qU12em3bUkfNXS1WSA@mail.gmail.com> <28dd6abb-5868-e42a-c385-37e72653ba2d@ny-central.org>
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--xyockhzhf4kuex55 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Jun 29, 2024 at 09:48:28AM +0200, Chris Moerz wrote: >=20 > On Fri, 28 Jun 2024, Connor Cooper wrote: >=20 > > Hello, I am presenting you all with an idea for the bhyve project that = involves the ports tree. I've noticed that a lot of VPS providers have their > > own images available for various operating systems and it's relatively = easy to use compared to even standalone virtualization systems. Considering= the > > existence of FreeBSD and bhyve I also just noticed that the ports tree = could be a good potential place for bhyve users to access those images. Wha= t is > > the input of the FreeBSD virtualization community regarding this idea? = Thanks. > > Best regards, > > Connor > > > > >=20 > Hi Connor, >=20 > The ports tree welcomes all sorts of software contributions. If you feel > like setting utilities and scripts for providing OS images, you're > certainly free to do so. >=20 > As long as you host your code publicly, put an appropriate license on it > and create a ports Makefile, you can submit that through Bugzilla for > inclusion into the ports tree. It's also helpful to submit your ports > Makefile as change diff to the ports tree via Phabricator > (reviews.freebsd.org). >=20 > Please keep in mind, that our ports maintainers are all volunteers, so > creating and submitting a new port may take some time. >=20 > One last thing, as my "2 cents", because this can quickly halt such > endeavors: please remember to consider any licensing issues related with > the use of any third party OS images. Downloading them as a single person > may be straightforward but creating a means to download in "bulk" may > cause discussions if the creators apply some terms of service or other > legal constraints... Also please keep in mind the storage capacity of smaller downstreams that maintain their own package repos. It would be rather troublesome of our package repos suddenly grew by multiple GBs without adequate advanced notice. Thanks, --=20 Shawn Webb Cofounder / Security Engineer HardenedBSD Tor-ified Signal: +1 303-901-1600 / shawn_webb_opsec.50 https://git.hardenedbsd.org/hardenedbsd/pubkeys/-/raw/master/Shawn_Webb/03A= 4CBEBB82EA5A67D9F3853FF2E67A277F8E1FA.pub.asc --xyockhzhf4kuex55 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAABCAAdFiEEA6TL67gupaZ9nzhT/y5nonf44foFAmaAGZIACgkQ/y5nonf4 4frfng/+Ov92KHObe39ec0kQ+rjqo+cExgSQVcnKQYVrjBNfz1AsHBWl4IVjYxf9 +EmA174Dl3AFHGHj76XM9mx8WHzl9kHGl2VDx1tJj4F3mq54cQIGIdExW00pNciy 4f4DnOFmJjaG6p0iXke1JBsHTi7W5uccnd46VVmEnTB6KM1Gkalq3nrhssdkT5WP 9BrjHHllUWrDq2woYGFB8pbI2a5fGBO01dS9QgEj7TH+1xdHmnjExH3PK/LPOGw1 4pFT37E+AQqCTyvQi2RwFVYWFEsEM3qUrd7JOYn0gv4Y7lic4Dq4se0BmxdvIJvW OuVzcG4d7YmuwvXRATupm724HhFm8cpqdz13tc31nJwQnIFJ1WbCQrxvVpGxBfPJ j5wM8clIiMT/wsQlJ+DC6ZJJPmi7kGtrC9D7g6+2phqxYVB+L5ILG5KWIzkyHXM2 ddnUtS93SkWt4kGMxO6iQ4/hGVpavltav5Oz7HuwnUVe/HVGEuszGeYpC3Qs6tLk hiywsOv7f4BHzTi/JpJ5lgQ/MHIRvJ7kh4D3mwqfaDpY6CIn8beNfnqcKlotYW5y FV3KKRYWrThm1mWVge97OkX5AIwdai1jSKNYH/D75C1bnx9U9jjhGPr5B7ZriFPC HlczZJU1gCVWJsnKrc1ya5pAEFw6OuiEWH/6syfPkK3P5zJ25c0= =lApP -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --xyockhzhf4kuex55--
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