Re: Debian Google Compute Engine kernel improvements, now and future
On Tue, Jan 7, 2014 at 9:21 AM, Tomasz Rybak <tomasz.rybak@post.pl> wrote:
> I'm sending this only to the list, assuming that you receive it this
> way. I subscribe to debian-cloud, so no need to add me in CC.
>
> Dnia 2014-01-06, pon o godzinie 22:43 -0800, Jimmy Kaplowitz pisze:
> [cut]
>> > Is there any progress on porting build scripts to Google Compute
>> Engine?
>>
>> We've had to focus on such distracting details as launching general
>> availability of the product, improving our Debian mirror, and at least
>> some attention to the non-Debian side of things. :)
>>
>> To be clear, build-debian-cloud already supports Google Compute Engine
>> in the old shell branch ('master'), and we've been using it for every
>> build. We still want to move to the Python branch and would welcome
>> your help if you'd like to.
>>
>
> I've forked appropriate repositories and shall try building images.
>
>> > How do you intend for it to work - should we coordinate work here,
>> > on the list, work on script on GitHub and create pull requests?
>> > Or do you envision some other way of working? In other words - if
>> > someone would like to start working on it, how would one start?
>>
>> Using GitHub makes sense for any of the porting work. Our fork of
>> Anders' repository is at https://github.com/google/build-debian-cloud;
>> feel free to send pull requests there or to Anders as you like. Either
>> way, I expect both Anders and I will give our thoughts and testing as
>> the code works its way into Anders' mainline Python branch.
>>
>> Have you tried the build-debian-cloud GCE build yet? If you'd like a
>> place to test your port without getting charged, send me your Google
>> account info off-list. The build itself can occur either locally or in
>> GCE. You can also use it to build your own 7.3 images before I dig out
>> of enough urgent work to build ours and get those run through our test
>> suites. (I might get an external volunteer instead, but Debian
>> probably wants an official DD to build those.) Some wrinkles exist in
>> our custom repository that will complicate things short-term, but I'll
>> sort those out over the next day or two. Having a non-Googler
>> interested will be extra motivation. :)
>>
>> If you'd like more familiarity/practice with the current code to
>> understand it better, I can provide a minor bug or two to fix (e.g.
>> the host provides an NTP server which ought to replace the external
>> pools in ntpd.conf). No pressure, just an offer, also easy for me to
>> include these when I do our 7.3 images.
>
> I've sent information to you. I haven't yet used Google Compute Engine,
> so it might take a bit of time to become proficient, although gcutil
> doesn't seem so scary :-)
>
> Can you give me small task, so I can look into it as soon as I know
> how to build image? I do not expect to have anything in less than
> a week, so please do not give anything urgent..
Sent you a bunch of details on how to get started and a few tasks to
try. Thanks for volunteering!
- Jimmy
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