Re: GSoC application deadline passed

[Samuel Thibault]

Michal Suchanek, le Mon 17 Mar 2008 16:34:42 +0100, a écrit :
> On 17/03/2008, Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@ens-lyon.org> wrote:
> > Arne Babenhauserheide, le Mon 17 Mar 2008 12:26:30 +0100, a écrit :
> >
> > > > As for automatically building live CDs and/or qemu images, this would be
> >  > > very useful -- maybe that part is indeed an appropriate task for GSoC.
> >  > > But as others pointed out, there are often issues with building a
> >  > > working system that require manual intervention; so it's questionable
> >  > > how far this process can really be automated... I think this needs some
> >  > > more consideration.
> >  >
> >  > Maybe some people with more background knowledge could add their feedback
> >  > there.
> >  >
> >  > Would it be possible to simplify the process _a lot_ with the right 
> > tools?
> >
> >
> > The problem is that there is no easy automatic process: missing
> >  dependencies have to be found in the archive, etc.
> >
> What kind of archive? Shouldn't Debian just keep the packages until
> new ones are built?

Debian doesn't wait for non-official architectures to catch up.

> Can't there be a server with a Hurd repository that archives enough of
> core packages to allow building a Hurd system out of these?

The problem is to determine automatically what has to be kept.

Samuel