[oi-dev] Instructions on OI distro from scratch

[Jim Klimov]

On 2013-01-27 16:46, Jim Klimov wrote:
>    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


Also, the illumos-gate docs suggest using a larger version number for 
private builds to override the published common packages - i.e. 152
while OI is 151. I do also see that nested version numbers are used,
i.e. 0.151.7 for oi_151a7 release. Is it allowed (and will it give
the logically correct result) to add more levels, i.e. 0.151.7.1 for
a private build with local patches applied to the 151a7 release's
source codes as a baseline, 0.151.7.2 for the private build's respin,
etc?

As part of "preparing build envs" above, the versioning games should
also be discussed, if needed (what, where, how)...

Thanks,
//Jim