Re: StarlingX looking at alternatives to CentOS
FYI it appears aptly is no longer supported.
Cheers.
Michael.
On 16/01/2021, Saul Wold <Saul.Wold@windriver.com> wrote:
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> On 1/15/21 2:25 PM, Héctor Orón Martínez wrote:
>> Hello Saul
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> Hector, thanks for getting back to me.
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>> On Fri, 15 Jan 2021 at 19:30, Saul Wold <Saul.Wold@windriver.com> wrote:
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>>> Our concerns have to do with
>>> 1) Build Tooling
>>> We have been looking at pbuilder and debbuild, ,but want to understand
>>> if there are automated building scripts (I did find buildd).
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>> There are many build tools and frameworks, it really depends on what
>> you want to accomplish and depends on your needs, as a start please
>> have a look at:
>> https://wiki.debian.org/SystemBuildTools
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> Ah missed this wik
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>> I have been using open-build-service to build different Debian
>> derivatives in the past.
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> Yes, I have used OBS for building both SuSE packages and an attempt at
> building some StarlingX packages about 2 years ago for Debian.
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>>> 2) LTS / CVE support for Buster
>>> I have seen the information on the Debian Wiki pages about releases and
>>> Security team, but I am trying to understand better what LTS means vs
>>> what the Security team does.
>>
>> Debian security team is part of Debian and supports the distribution
>> packages for 2 years after the release. LTS is backed by commercial
>> company hiring Debian developers, but it is not run by the Debian
>> community, it extends the distribution lifecycle to a longer term past
>> the initial official support (2y).
>>
>> https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/Security
>> https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
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> What was not clear from the wiki pages is what exactly is fixed in the
> LTS version? All CVEs? Some CVEs? Is there some criteria listed that
> I missed?
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>>> 3) Status of Bullseye
>>> Again I have seen the release pages.
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>> Good.
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>>> 4) building custom kernel
>>> Mostly, I know how to handle kernels and rebuilding, just wondering if
>>> there is any Debian specific concerns.
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>> No concerns, but you may want to generate Debian kernel *packages*, I
>> would recommend you to look at Debian kernel handbook
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>> https://kernel-team.pages.debian.net/kernel-handbook/
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>>> 5) lots of other considerations around patching userspace, adding
>>> missing packages to the debian ecosystem, creating custom repos (either
>>> with DAK or repropro).
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>> aptly is also a good tool to manage repositories
>>
> OK, I will add that to my list to review.
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>>> 6) other unknowns of transitioning from CentOS -> Debian
>>>
>>> I have looked around the Debian Wiki pages.
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance for your time.
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>> Thanks for considering Debian,
>>
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> Sau!
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