[oi-dev] OI 'hipster' reboot effort

[Colin Ellis]

Hi Andrej,

is there a bug tracker for this branch and a list of required package
updates somewhere?  I'd like to prioritize my efforts in line with what
others need.

Also what compilers are used on this new hipster release?


On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 7:14 PM, Andrzej Szeszo <aszeszo at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi All
>
> Seeing that the project is slowing down a bit, I have decided that I
> will try to help it get some momentum back.
>
> Firstly, if you rely on stable OI releases, Jon Tibble will carry on
> producing traditional releases and they will be made available in the
> /dev repo and as installable ISO/USB images. OI 151a8 should be out
> real soon now.
>
> /dev releases follow traditional Sun/Oracle releng process, which is
> very time consuming. Mainly for that reason it may take a very long
> time before any build system update will be reflected in the package
> repository.
>
> OI 'hipster' is trying to change the process by switching to a rolling
> release model.
>
> There is single top-level build repo on Github:
> https://github.com/OpenIndiana/oi-userland. If you want to change
> something or add new packages - simply send a pull request.
>
> Changes to the build repo are automatically picked up by Jenkins
> instance, packages are built and then published to the
> http://pkg.openindiana.org/hipster repo. It is all set up and working
> now.
>
> http://pkg.openindiana.org/hipster repo currently consists of /dev
> contents + JT's /dev-test OI 151a8 bits + Milan Jurik's JDS work +
> Jenkins built packages.
>
> The plan is to improve what's out there incrementally. Eventually it
> should be possible to build complete OS from the Github repo.
>
> To use /hipster repo, install OI 151a7 and run (as root):
>
> pkg set-publisher -O http://pkg.openindiana.org/hipster openindiana.org
> pkg update -v
>
> Few people started submitting changes already. Thanks for that! If you
> have something to be added or changed in the repo, simply send us pull
> request.
>
> Couple useful links:
> Jenkins dashboard: http://hipster.openindiana.org:8080/
> Component build logs: http://hipster.openindiana.org/i386/logs/
>
> Andrzej
>
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