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 1KkHkX-0003w1-UO for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 29 Sep 2008 12:21:14 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 8A101E06CC; Mon, 29 Sep 2008 12:21:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: from rabble.robbieab.com (rabble.robbieab.com [213.79.38.74]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 52CCEE06CC for ; Mon, 29 Sep 2008 12:21:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.1.67] (helo=localhost) by rabble.robbieab.com with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1KkHl2-0005RW-Uy for gentoo-server@lists.gentoo.org; Mon, 29 Sep 2008 13:21:45 +0100 Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2008 13:21:08 +0100 From: Robert Bridge To: gentoo-server@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-server] Questions about Server Message-ID: <20080929132108.63e09209@robbieab.com> In-Reply-To: References: <20080924190642.T60035@shell.bway.net> <48E08665.9040100@vanalteren.nl> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.5.0 (GTK+ 2.12.11; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-server@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-server@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="Sig_/qa8BYuvdGdjMdyV0la4QoJ+"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=PGP-SHA1 X-Archives-Salt: a912df76-ac24-437a-898b-b6ed09dc0dd3 X-Archives-Hash: e4f5c0084f3bfad7dffc9be17f3f02a0 --Sig_/qa8BYuvdGdjMdyV0la4QoJ+ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, 29 Sep 2008 06:56:45 -0500 "Spahn, Daniel" wrote: > Is this project about how to configure Gentoo as a server OS, or is > it about creating a branch of Gentoo dedicated to being a server? In > either case, I have some suggestions... The former. > One of my pet peeves about emerging for a server-grade platform is > that there is no way to truly separate the build/install process that > is easy to track. I have read about the buildpkg and buildpkgonly > options, but I don't like them because they are not geared toward a > sys admin that has several machines that may need different packages > emerged. In my ideal world, the emerge function could be run with a > command switch, which would cause it to run the full emerge without > installing, then with a simple command, list all the built packages > that need to be 'installed'--- much like etc-update. Before I bring > up any more suggestions, I would like to know more about the > gentoo-server project's angle. Can someone point me in the right > direction? First pointer I would give is not to hijack threads, start a new one. --Sig_/qa8BYuvdGdjMdyV0la4QoJ+ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkjgyDcACgkQZr0UhZgPVmzbOACggEJ2da/Jc5OW2cYRv7JZSFZy 2uAAn1twxHuNlivolQipzIIiskv2Odcb =olah -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/qa8BYuvdGdjMdyV0la4QoJ+--