From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JrxPP-0007Ry-MN for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 02 May 2008 15:42:51 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D291AE06C2; Fri, 2 May 2008 15:42:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com (ug-out-1314.google.com [66.249.92.175]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6B1E7E06C2 for ; Fri, 2 May 2008 15:42:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id z27so57486ugc.49 for ; Fri, 02 May 2008 08:42:49 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:date:from:to:subject:message-id:references:mime-version:content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=A0ZN5H+09TGK+i/WMcGQnLOVqRoWu2+0LFzsOI6UZWA=; b=O2I4E3BVe8HjWnC9iVFKEiQSq/3m4yf4A5KpDgKnzMwJLU/3wrq7mOXnaxtOwPba4LpY9escDqlCi6Qum5ZdvdwadIOJNnZJNyiEY/GjAayThAqykzP0NgowkTcZVVXmli+TNsSrzXGORUPEoaL2UPtbswQ6bmzSOHTk+dD89u0= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:references:mime-version:content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; b=q0jQ6QmK9eUg1Fkz6sI9JbNCjyD81af56zUbliuJDkLdrqx2bmx+cBP5ZF+DCV3BuK4GwQ0/cygfKne3NDAax+Eby3Z4bHJy2prI79feGxlhebcMRz9ECRzbmn7MiJCAAsIM0oifr+VXDHezqeG+T0ipe/z1nx0dx7h6bXbcF7Y= Received: by 10.67.116.6 with SMTP id t6mr83057ugm.76.1209742968691; Fri, 02 May 2008 08:42:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: from @ ( [195.182.10.22]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id b36sm5430458ika.5.2008.05.02.08.42.45 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Fri, 02 May 2008 08:42:46 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 2 May 2008 23:42:45 +0800 From: Max Arnold To: gentoo-catalyst@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-catalyst] small distros - setups and practices? Message-ID: <20080502154245.GA8698@bbone> References: <20080422121817.GA6505@bbone> <1208883537.7206.11.camel@cgianelloni.quova.com> <20080423020310.GA6373@dev.local> <1209661466.7206.637.camel@cgianelloni.quova.com> <20080502022015.GA25406@bbone> <1209740627.13735.12.camel@inertia.twi-31o2.org> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-catalyst@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-catalyst@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1209740627.13735.12.camel@inertia.twi-31o2.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) X-Archives-Salt: b44276bf-0643-4168-a474-dde54f85f7f9 X-Archives-Hash: 2592989db5dd24ad25164f3a281c3c92 On Fri, May 02, 2008 at 08:03:47AM -0700, Chris Gianelloni wrote: > On Fri, 2008-05-02 at 10:20 +0800, Max Arnold wrote: > > > > > Sure. In fact, I have 2 different "host types" right now, a "master" > > > > > and a "build host" though they can reside on the same machine. > > > > > > > > Which roles they have? > > > > > > I'm not sure that I follow. Are you asking what specific tasks would be > > > performed by the roles above? > > > > Yes, what specific tasks would be performed by these host types and > > what are benefits of such distinction? > > > > I guess a "master" purpose is to serve updates, or things are more tricky? > > Yeah, you're thinking way too small. ;] > > The master server will be the control interface for custom profiles and > binary repositories, which are built by the build servers. It will > (eventually) also be the configuration engine for each server. I hope > to eventually have a complete system capable of controlling a Gentoo > system from birth to death, from a centralized location. Seems like a powerful addition to Gentoo infrastructure. Good luck in your work! -- gentoo-catalyst@lists.gentoo.org mailing list