Re: [Gnewsense-dev] Thoughts/questions on Builder and Dunsink

[Sam Geeraerts]

Op Fri, 30 Dec 2016 22:33:45 +0000
schreef Bob Ham <address@hidden>:

> > You're right that I said something about this on the mailing list.
> 
> I'm confused.  This doesn't make sense to me.  From what I can tell
> you *didn't* say something about this.

Argh, typing too fast: "... that I should have said something ...".

> It would be useful if you could be much louder about your decision
> making; both the process and the outcome.

I'll make it a new year's resolution.

It's also useful to check with the community if you're on the right
track when you're looking to contribute. If assumptions are made (e.g.
specialised vs. generic solution) it could be that you spend time on
something that's unlikely to be merged.

> > As stated on the project
> > page [1], we first need to have a solution for merging distros
> 
> What exactly is it that you mean by "merging" distros here?

Combining /path/to/ucclia and /path/to/dunsink into 1 folder and still
have a working repo.

> > I suspect you modified
> > Builder to make it more generic or better fit our current situation
> > (Debian instead of Ubuntu).  
> 
> Your suspicion is not correct.  My aim was to create something that
> successfully created a Wheezy-based distro, which could be used as a
> base for further work.

My suspicion doesn't exclude your aim. My assumption is that the work
for Dunsink would also be most of the work (barring specific gen
scripts) for future releases.

> Making decisions in private with Eddi is a specific problem in this
> case but also a problem in general.  Do you agree, Sam?

Yes, I believe we've already established that.

> I've created a branch here:
> 
>   http://bzr.savannah.gnu.org/lh/gnewsense/builder_rah_wheezy/files
> 
> However, it is not working.

Thanks, I'll have a look.

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