On 2013-05-16 10:26:13, Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote: > [adding a cc: to the debirf mailing list [0]] > > On 05/15/2013 07:38 PM, Antoine Beaupré wrote: >> I have started working on a silly debirf rescue image. I basically took >> the rescue image from 0.33 and added this file in >> rescue/modules/stressant: >> >> debirf_exec apt-get --no-install-recommends --assume-yes install bonnie++ cpuburn stress smartmontools e2fsprogs util-linux screen > > screen and smartmontools and e2fsprogs should already be part of > debirf's stock rescue. alright, fixin'... fixed! i wonder if util-linux is really necessary - since it's of priority 'required', are those installed automatically? >> Quite trivial really. But to ease collaboration, I started a repo here: >> >> https://redmine.koumbit.net/projects/stressant > > we'd be happy to include these sorts of changes directly in the debirf > upstream repo, whether they're just packages you think belong in the > rescue image, or (even better in my opinion) if you want to make > "stressant" another stock example profile, alongside "minimal", > "rescue", and "xkiosk". That would be great! However, one thing I am looking at is a way to generate binary images directly through a package, something that has been discussed in #620294 I believe, but never implemented. Also, I wonder if it wouldn't be better to set `stressant` as an example of how it's possible to extend debirf without having to merge patches into the upstream project itself, some kind of "contrib" way of doing things that could radically expand the number of debirf-built flavors out there, as they wouldn't depend on a central piece of authority to be distributed or accepted. > Feel free to clone the debirf repo [1] send patches directly to the > mailing list. We'd be happy to integrate them. So far, the changes to the rescue image are really minimal, it's just a bunch of extra packages but otherwise very minimally changed from the rescue build. I will wait and see what you guys think about making a third party extension before going on with a merge, especially since the project is far from finished... A. -- Antoine Beaupré +++ Réseau Koumbit Networks +++ +1.514.387.6262 #208 --------------------------------------------------------------------
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