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Not sure where to put this but...
Maybe it could be useful if users could opt-in to provide processing power to a build farm.
This supposedly could shorten the build time for large packages like Chromium.
Already having isolated build environments should of course help.
I wouldn't mind sparing some CPU time and memory for the Solus project.

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Timalex created this task.May 11 2017, 11:35 PM
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Timalex added a comment.May 28 2017, 9:40 PM

Apparently there is already a distributed compiler, Icecream, which is used for building Chromium.
It would be cool, pun intended, if it was possible to opt-in to something like this in Solus and act as a remote build server when under light loads.

DataDrake edited projects, added Community Enabling; removed Lacks Project.Jul 20 2017, 1:34 AM
BamTime added a subscriber: BamTime.Nov 6 2017, 11:24 AM

I think that would have to happen in a container because we might not want all dependencies to be installed on out live systems, I'd rather want it to build inside of a container to keep my system clean.

Justin added a subscriber: Justin.Nov 6 2017, 10:45 PM

@BamTime Solus already builds packages inside a chroot called solbuild.

DataDrake closed this task as Wontfix.Nov 8 2017, 2:59 PM
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If we need more servers, we'll get more servers. If you are looking for ways to donate compute time for the common good I suggest:

http://folding.stanford.edu/
https://boinc.berkeley.edu/

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