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dimkr / rlsd

A lightweight, retro Linux-libre distro
http://rlsd.dimakrasner.com
MIT License
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Have automatically generated nightly builds #42

Closed dbohdan closed 10 years ago

dbohdan commented 10 years ago

Optionally have the build script provision an Ubuntu 14.04 VM using, e.g., Vagrant and build the nightly (or another revision based on a given commit) within it.

dimkr commented 10 years ago

We'll need some server for this. At the moment, builds are generated using my laptop and I cannot afford to buy a dedicated building server.

dimkr commented 10 years ago

I just rented a cheap VPS, which should be more powerful than my laptop. I'll try to build a 32-bit snapshot - if it doesn't take too long I'll move the distro homepage to this server and write a script that generates daily snapshots.

dimkr commented 10 years ago

Another update - the server was almost ready when I found a much cheaper hosting service. I rented a cheaper VPS and I'm currently doing the first nightly build. The server should output sources, i486 packages, x86_64 packages, ISO images and full build logs on daily basis.

This server is relatively slow, so I estimate a 64-bit build should take somewhere between 4 and 8 hours. It's good enough as long as building all flavors takes less than 24 hours :)

dimkr commented 10 years ago

The first 64-bit nightly build is ready. The size looks right.

dimkr commented 10 years ago

The first builds are available at http://dimkr.insomnia247.nl/. I haven't tested them yet, so use them with caution.