Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2007 09:48:57 -0800 From: Gary Kline <kline@tao.thought.org> To: Pav Lucistnik <pav@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Gary Kline <kline@tao.thought.org>, 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: <20070322174857.GA65365@thought.org> In-Reply-To: <1174518702.50979.2.camel@ikaros.oook.cz> References: <4600AC05.4000004@u.washington.edu> <20070321050535.GB68447@thought.org> <1174518702.50979.2.camel@ikaros.oook.cz>
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On Thu, Mar 22, 2007 at 12:11:42AM +0100, Pav Lucistnik wrote: > Gary Kline pí?e v út 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 > > 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 > > sometimes the only way. But if users have slower servers and > > there are no current packages (i386), why not let the builds be > > queued? > > 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. 700MHz is my faster FBSD box; I've begun tuning all my boxen, but this one is still slow after 6 years. Maybe it's time to upgrade some of the P3's to P4's... ?? Ask the user community for donations, hmm? On -questions recently someone said that he didn't think it was a matter of compute power, but manpower. I think both are essential. > > -- > 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 -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org www.thought.org Public Service Unix
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