[opensuse-buildservice] May open build service be used to build Whonix (debian derivative) VM images?
Hi! Whonix [1] is a derivative of Debian. Its VM build script needs: - mount (device-mapper), but I guess that would not be a problem, since open build service is based on KVM? - sudo (not just fakeroot) - is it available? - quite some load (hdd load, traffic load [downloading packages from debian repositories], build time [takes some time to create a whole vm image] - would that be a problem? Your servers are accustomed to building SUSE vm images, but as far I understand its architecture is a bit different and you might be using packaging caches and such. Using open build service as a CI service that is capable of building VM images would be very helpful to Whonix! What do you think? Would Whonix VM builds be welcome on open build service servers? Cheers, Patrick [1] https://www.whonix.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-buildservice+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-buildservice+owner@opensuse.org
On Samstag, 22. November 2014, 16:07:03 wrote Patrick Schleizer:
Hi!
Whonix [1] is a derivative of Debian.
Its VM build script needs:
- mount (device-mapper), but I guess that would not be a problem, since open build service is based on KVM?
- sudo (not just fakeroot) - is it available?
- quite some load (hdd load, traffic load [downloading packages from debian repositories], build time [takes some time to create a whole vm image] - would that be a problem?
well, in case it is a problem, the automatic priorization handling should take care of the situation :)
Your servers are accustomed to building SUSE vm images, but as far I understand its architecture is a bit different and you might be using packaging caches and such.
Using open build service as a CI service that is capable of building VM images would be very helpful to Whonix!
What do you think? Would Whonix VM builds be welcome on open build service servers?
I am a bit unsure what you ask here. Can you build it just by building .deb files and using debian's LiveBuild support? In that case the support from OBS side should be complete. Jan Blunck added the LiveBuild support some weeks ago, he may can you also point to some example and documentation for that. Or do you need something else? -- Adrian Schroeter email: adrian@suse.de SUSE LINUX GmbH, GF: Jeff Hawn, Jennifer Guild, Felix Imendörffer, HRB 21284 (AG Nürnberg) Maxfeldstraße 5 90409 Nürnberg Germany -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-buildservice+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-buildservice+owner@opensuse.org
Adrian Schröter wrote:
On Samstag, 22. November 2014, 16:07:03 wrote Patrick Schleizer:
Hi!
Whonix [1] is a derivative of Debian.
Its VM build script needs:
- mount (device-mapper), but I guess that would not be a problem, since open build service is based on KVM?
- sudo (not just fakeroot) - is it available?
- quite some load (hdd load, traffic load [downloading packages from debian repositories], build time [takes some time to create a whole vm image] - would that be a problem?
well, in case it is a problem, the automatic priorization handling should take care of the situation :)
Okay, great.
Your servers are accustomed to building SUSE vm images, but as far I understand its architecture is a bit different and you might be using packaging caches and such.
Using open build service as a CI service that is capable of building VM images would be very helpful to Whonix!
What do you think? Would Whonix VM builds be welcome on open build service servers?
I am a bit unsure what you ask here.
Just wanted to ask about the server system resources before starting to build such a huge project as Whonix. (It's a Linux distribution after all.)
Can you build it just by building .deb files and using debian's LiveBuild support? In that case the support from OBS side should be complete.
No. Whonix's build script isn't based on livebuild. We're not producing live dvd's (yet), but virtual machine images.
Jan Blunck added the LiveBuild support some weeks ago, he may can you also point to some example and documentation for that.
Or do you need something else?
Not at the moment. I'll open a new thread should I have technical questions. Thanks. Cheers, Patrick -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-buildservice+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-buildservice+owner@opensuse.org
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