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[seth AT swoolley.homeip.net]

On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 01:43:54PM -0400, flux wrote:
> Jeremy Blosser (jblosser-smgl AT firinn.org) wrote [08.09.18 13:20]:
> > On Sep 18, seth AT swoolley.homeip.net [seth AT swoolley.homeip.net] wrote:
> > > On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 10:32:08AM -0500, Jeremy Blosser wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > Are they still refusing to publish the grimoire tree stable updates?  
> > > > Last
> > > > time I remember trying to talk to them about how they list us they 
> > > > wouldn't
> > > > take anything but ISO major version changes, which are pretty well 
> > > > useless
> > > > for actually tracking the majority of our updates.
> > > 
> > > Maybe we can publish ISO major versions to coincide with stable 
> > > grimoire 
> > > releases -- the only difference being the grimoire tarball on the disc.
> > 
> > I believe that's been on the table for a long time now as the ideal...
> > as minor ISO versions at least.
> 
> There's work in cauldron on automating the ISO generation process, so
> eventually this could become a reality. Don't expect it to happen very
> soon though, as it will take some time before a first working version
> comes out, and then there will be debugging, maintenance, and
> improvements to do. The groundwork has already been laid down though.
> This is probably possible within a year. If we get more devs for
> cauldron it will happen sooner, but that's a mighty big "if" ;-).

I don't believe the one year to get basic automation working.

Seriously.

It's a few commands, and maybe an if statement for platform.

Can you elaborate in some detail?  Come November, I can help if the 
automation is really not possible in your mind in a year.  I had 
automation going for x86_64 ISO generation at one point, so I know it's 
possible and really not that difficult.

Seth

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