--- Greg Morgan <drkludge@xxxxxxx> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Would a community kick start directory/repository be possible? The > idea > is that a body of kick start scripts would be developed by the > community. +1*10^101 Thats an emphatic yes. I've been working on such a system for years now, though within a framework which a) can easily take these system dna fingerprints (don't worry, the genetic metaphor keeps on going... ;) and generate system images. I.e. a qemu/vmware system image. b) can easily transmogrify these system images into other formats. I.e. livecds, bootable usbs, payloads for PXE and other network push/pull installation methods, ... c) provide the user with the natural conveniences that are desired when dealing with creating these things. I.e. read the fedora-livecd-list archives to see the obvious headaches (can it be easier than rolling custom rpms+yumrepos to make 'traits' to add to kickstart that don't fit in %post, can it be easier to deal with local mirrors of yum repositories, can it be easier to rebrand/relogo the system, etc...) d) provides automated regression testing for strains/recipes. I.e. after easily spawning the generated image, you can virtually boot it and perform blackbox&glassbox regression tests against it. I.e. the vision of a strain/recipe getting daily built against the rawhide repo, and automatically checked against a suite of regression tests. Anyway, I don't have any useful contribution yet (my code is horribly ugly, and my todo list is almost longer than the code). But I absolutely think this is the killer app. Again, yes, yes, and more yes. In my past sysadmin experiences, the above tool is what I most would have liked to have. (considering the output livecds can be 1-button-non-interactively installable...) As always, I'll post to fedora-livecd-list when I have code that is useful, but for now, in the dukenukem spirit, the name of my project is 'viros4ever'. -dmc/jdog ____________________________________________________________________________________ The fish are biting. Get more visitors on your site using Yahoo! Search Marketing. http://searchmarketing.yahoo.com/arp/sponsoredsearch_v2.php
