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[Craig <weberc2@xxxxxxxxx>]

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On Jul 13, 2013 2:55 PM, "Dane Henson" <dane@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> One does not simply fork launchpad.
> On Jul 13, 2013 2:52 PM, "Cassidy James" <cassidy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Chris,
>>
>> Launchpad is technically open source, but it's designed to be used only
>> on Canonical's infrastructure and they aren't interested in making it run
>> elsewhere. It's open source so that people can help Canonical out, not so
>> people can set up their own instances.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Cassidy James
>>
>> On Sat, Jul 13, 2013 at 5:13 AM, Chris Timberlake <game64@xxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Fabian,
>>
>> Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't launchpad open source? There's been
>> much talk about Launchpad mock-ups and redesigns, etc. Maybe you could
>> simply fork launchpad as opposed to creating a replacement?
>>
>> http://blog.launchpad.net/general/launchpad-is-now-open-source
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 2:55 PM, Fabian Thoma <fabian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>>
>>> So I'm gonna enter that conversation here, if we want to have automated
>>> builds for debian based systems not on Launchpad we really need the
>>> following:
>>>
>>>    1. Hardware (we already got a virtual server capable of building the
>>>    daily isos, so it should be able to handle this, if needed we can also go
>>>    dedicated)
>>>    2. a build daemon, which is buildd that debian uses for it's build
>>>    machines (we can use that 1 to 1 like launchpad)
>>>    3. a system managing builds and versions (which I'd prefer to build
>>>    or use something highly flexible and adapt)
>>>    4. a repo server that hosts the packages and can support high
>>>    traffic (that's a matter of renting it really)
>>>
>>> I don't see any issue in these things, especially the hardware and build
>>> based stuff. Building something to manage the builds and versions should
>>> not be a big deal either, but the real question has to be if we want to go
>>> and diy a Launchpad replacement or use something finished and integrate the
>>> build part into it.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 11:42 PM, Sergey "Shnatsel" Davidoff <
>>> sergey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>> what do we need in order to get our own repo and automated build
>>>>> infrastructure? Is it a hardware issue?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> A lot of things I'm afraid. Off the top of my head, the list is as
>>>> follows:
>>>>
>>>>    1. hardware
>>>>    2. pbuilder configuration (mostly done)
>>>>    3. some piece of software to accept dput uploads (should exist, but
>>>>    not found yet)
>>>>    4. some piece of software to create and maintain the repository
>>>>    (should exist, but not found yet)
>>>>    5. lots of integration scripts to write and secondary systems to
>>>>    set up (mailer to report failed builds, etc)
>>>>    6. some UI to be able to make sense of all that and manage the
>>>>    setup (probably doesn't exist)
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Sergey "Shnatsel" Davidoff
>>>> OS architect @ elementary
>>>>
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