Bug#892612: ITP: conbuilder -- container-basade package builder for Debian packages

[Benjamin Drung <benjamin.drung@profitbricks.com>]

Am Sonntag, den 11.03.2018, 11:31 +0000 schrieb Federico Ceratto:
> Package: wnpp
> Severity: wishlist
> Owner: Federico Ceratto <federico@debian.org>
> 
> * Package name    : conbuilder
>   Version         : 0.0.1
>   Upstream Author : Federico Ceratto <federico@debian.org>
> * URL             : https://salsa.debian.org/federico/conbuilder
> * License         : GPLv3
>   Programming Lang: Python
>   Description     : container-basade package builder for Debian
> packages
> 
> Build Debian packages using OverlayFS and systemd namespace
> containers.
> 
> conbuilder creates a base filesystem using debootstrap, then
> overlays it with a filesystem to install the required dependencies
> and finally runs the build on another overlay.
> 
> Layers are created, reused and purged automatically to achieve
> fast package builds while minimizing disk usage.
> 
> It takes less than 2 seconds to start a new build on an already
> existing
> overlay.

What's the difference to sbuild which is configured to use overlays?

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Benjamin Drung
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Debian & Ubuntu Developer

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