[oi-dev] Instructions on OI distro from scratch

[Jim Klimov]

Hello all,

   Are there any good, complete and up-to-date manuals on creating an OI
distro from scratch - starting with the build of illumos-gate (which is
documented quite well) and going on to addition of some more userspace
software packages from unnamed gates (oi-build?) and using the distro
constructor (it is documented on Wiki, I'm not sure if that text needs
any additions to be used as-is in order to roll your own LiveCD or a
LiveUSB image).

   Likewise, are there complete manuals for SFE and SFE-Encumbered?

   What I'd expect to see ultimately is a number of steps like these:
* bootstrapping the build environment(s), i.e. under current OI
* checking out current gates of incorporations (right term?) like
   kernel illumos-gate, and userspace oi-build(?), jds, sfe...
* building the lot
* making a bootable distro image with desired contents and an IPS
   (SVR4, DEB, .....) package repo for other optional software

   Are there documented public procedures that I haven't seen so far,
perhaps glimpses in mailing list archives, or this is all partially
black magic knownst only to those irreplaceable people who practice
it and build the corresponding distro pieces today?

PS: Also, are the SFE/SFE-Encumbered repositories available for
simple deployment within a LAN, like the oi-dev repositories?
I.e. regular tarballs, or rsync access?..

Thanks,
//Jim Klimov