Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2007 00:11:42 +0100 From: Pav Lucistnik <pav@FreeBSD.org> To: Gary Kline <kline@tao.thought.org> Cc: Garrett Cooper <youshi10@u.washington.edu>, freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: A review of different port management tools : analysis for Google SoC project Message-ID: <1174518702.50979.2.camel@ikaros.oook.cz> In-Reply-To: <20070321050535.GB68447@thought.org> References: <4600AC05.4000004@u.washington.edu> <20070321050535.GB68447@thought.org>
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Gary Kline p=ED=B9e v =FAt 20. 03. 2007 v 21:05 -0800:
> How about this idea for integrating into a new ports/package
> project: say for people with a fast I686 who wanted -O3 and -pipe
> and wanted his packages built remotely rather than his own
> computer. Would be be posssible to build a package, custom
> (according to one's /etc/make.conf) on FreeBSD's servers, then
> fetch the *tgz package back? Kernels, and worlds would reside=20
> on the remote server for only a few hours before being
> automatically cleansed. This would be super for everything from
> a i486-166MHz with 32Megs that was serving mail *only*, a slow
> to moderate i686, or even an AMD 2800. Building locally is=20
> sometimes the only way. But if users have slower servers and
> there are no current packages (i386), why not let the builds be
> queued? =20
Just so you know, existing "FreeBSD's servers", as you put it, are
Pentium III blades clocked at 700 MHz.
And we tend to keep them rather busy.
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Pav Lucistnik <pav@oook.cz>
<pav@FreeBSD.org>
> Why do we need a film of "Lord of the Rings" when we have the book?
Because watching a cg enhanced Legolas fire a flaming arrow
into the heart of a warg is cool?
- asdf@asdf.com in rec.games.roguelike.angband
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