A review of different port management tools : analysis for Google SoC project

[Gary Kline]

On Thu, Mar 22, 2007 at 12:11:42AM +0100, Pav Lucistnik wrote:
> Gary Kline pí?e v út 20. 03. 2007 v 21:05 -0800:
> 
> > 	How  about this idea for integrating into a new ports/package
> > 	project:  say for people with a fast I686 who wanted -O3 and -pipe
> > 	and wanted his packages built remotely rather than his own
> > 	computer.  Would be be posssible to build a package, custom
> > 	(according to one's /etc/make.conf) on FreeBSD's servers, then
> > 	fetch the *tgz package back?  Kernels, and worlds would reside 
> > 	on the remote server for only a few hours before being
> > 	automatically cleansed.  This would be super for everything from
> > 	a i486-166MHz with 32Megs that was serving mail *only*, a slow
> > 	to moderate i686, or even an AMD 2800.  Building locally is 
> > 	sometimes the only way.  But if users have slower servers and
> > 	there are no current packages (i386), why not let the builds be
> > 	queued?  
> 
> Just so you know, existing "FreeBSD's servers", as you put it, are
> Pentium III blades clocked at 700 MHz.
> 
> And we tend to keep them rather busy.



	700MHz is my faster FBSD box; I've begun tuning all my boxen, but
	this one is still slow after 6 years.  Maybe it's time to upgrade
	some of the P3's to P4's... ??  Ask the user community for 
	donations, hmm?

	On -questions recently someone said that he didn't think it was 
	a matter of compute power, but manpower.  I think both are 
	essential.

> 
> -- 
> Pav Lucistnik <pav at oook.cz>
>               <pav at FreeBSD.org>
> 
> > Why do we need a film of "Lord of the Rings" when we have the book?
> Because watching a cg enhanced Legolas fire a flaming arrow
> into the heart of a warg is cool?
>     - asdf at asdf.com in rec.games.roguelike.angband



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