Re: FOSDEM 2008 - Devroom and booth

On Fri, 30 Nov 2007 14:23:32 -0500
Robert Bernier <robert(dot)bernier5(at)sympatico(dot)ca> wrote:

> On Friday 30 November 2007 13:58, David Fetter wrote:
> > On Fri, Nov 30, 2007 at 09:26:59AM -0800, Josh Berkus wrote:
> > > > I've never tried. The ISO is almost 700mb in size. Is pgfoundry
> > > > the right place for something this large?
> > >
> > > No, 'cause pgfoundry uses HTTP upload. We'd need to have some
> > > other way to upload & download the files. Marc?

I am sure we could arrange for ftp access for this to go under
the /binary tree. That way it is actively mirrored all over the world.

Joshua d. Drake

> >
> > The standard way to distribute large files is Bittorrent, and I
> > believe Magnus knows the most about this :)
>
> I remember when Marc put the first version of pg_live on bit-torrent.
> Back then I had used damn small linux to keep it small i.e. 235mb.
> The thing about bit-torrent is that it would still require pg_live to
> have at least one active connection which means a server would need
> to run it. Where would it reside?
>
> > However, wouldn't there be some fairly short script which would let
> > someone construct their own LiveCD?
>
> I woul need to create the following 3 scripts:
> - script one
> - copy an existing xubuntu ISO to the developer's hard-drive
> - initialize a development environment for this ISO
> - ensure the proper packages on the developer machine are present
> (which distro?)
> - script two
> - to edit / remove / add the base packages for a default pg_live
> ISO
> - script three
> - compile and copy postgres on the developer's default OS over to
> pg_live which incorporates all the necesary libaries for the various
> procedural languages that pg_live uses.
>
> Finally, I would need to automate the process of adding pg_live
> specific documentation.
>
> As you can see, creating the necesary script is a major undertaking.
> But you're right, if this existed it would sure make life easier for
> all parties concerned.
>
> > While on the subject of LiveCDs--CDs and DVDs in general, come to
> > think of it--I've noticed that the vast majority of people at trade
> > shows stuff such things into their goodie bag and then throw them
> > out unopened.
>
> I sure hope you're not seeing this happen with the CD. I pour my
> heart into making an ISO from scratch :-(
> (but not so bad when I'm just upgrading postgres).
>
>
> regards
>
> Robert
>
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