Received: from sog-mx-1.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com ([172.29.43.191] helo=mx.sourceforge.net) by sfs-ml-3.v29.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtp (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1WVk5m-0005Ao-1p for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Thu, 03 Apr 2014 16:02:14 +0000 Received-SPF: pass (sog-mx-1.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com: domain of niftybox.net designates 95.142.167.147 as permitted sender) client-ip=95.142.167.147; envelope-from=c1.sf-bitcoin@niftybox.net; helo=i3.hyper.to; Received: from i3.hyper.to ([95.142.167.147]) by sog-mx-1.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtp (Exim 4.76) id 1WVk5k-0003qY-3z for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Thu, 03 Apr 2014 16:02:14 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by i3.hyper.to (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0B1BFE0582; Thu, 3 Apr 2014 18:02:06 +0200 (CEST) Received: from i3.hyper.to ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (i3.hyper.to [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id Rk4XzZjnr+Bt; Thu, 3 Apr 2014 18:02:01 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [192.168.4.81] (70-36-136-78.dsl.dynamic.sonic.net [70.36.136.78]) by i3.hyper.to (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 5BEDCE057F; Thu, 3 Apr 2014 18:02:00 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <1396540918.13415.78.camel@mimiz> From: devrandom To: Wladimir Date: Thu, 03 Apr 2014 09:01:58 -0700 In-Reply-To: References: <1396500468.13415.71.camel@mimiz> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Mailer: Evolution 3.8.4-0ubuntu1 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: -1.5 (-) X-Spam-Report: Spam Filtering performed by mx.sourceforge.net. See http://spamassassin.org/tag/ for more details. -1.5 SPF_CHECK_PASS SPF reports sender host as permitted sender for sender-domain -0.0 SPF_PASS SPF: sender matches SPF record X-Headers-End: 1WVk5k-0003qY-3z Cc: Bitcoin Dev Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] Detailed gitian build guide X-BeenThere: bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 03 Apr 2014 16:02:14 -0000 On Thu, 2014-04-03 at 07:51 +0200, Wladimir wrote: > > On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 6:47 AM, devrandom > wrote: > Nice! > > I wonder how much of this could be scripted. > > > Everything, probably, using vmbuilder (and/or vagrant as Nick Simpson > suggests). But that's not the point here. It is to provide exact steps > that people can follow to get a basic (virtual) machine that they can > use to do gitian builds. Understood. > > I didn't want to end up with a > gitian-builder-that-builds-a-gitian-builder :-) The host machine may > not even have any scripting languages installed (in the case of > Windows). Yes, I can see the turtles there. > > > It may be possible to script *some* parts (most of the quoted bash > script is runnable as script) without automating the entire process, > but I hope that over time we can make Gitian itself easier to > use/setup, so that less steps are needed in the first place. Understood. :) I would definitely like to see in Gitian any improvements that make it easier for newcomers to get started. > > > Wladimir > > > -- Miron / devrandom