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Bug 655166 - Containerized amd64(+x86) devbox for mgorny's LLVM/PyPy work
Summary: Containerized amd64(+x86) devbox for mgorny's LLVM/PyPy work
Status: CONFIRMED
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Infrastructure
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Dev box issues (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: Normal normal
Assignee: Gentoo Infrastructure
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Reported: 2018-05-07 15:15 UTC by Michał Górny
Modified: 2018-05-07 15:15 UTC (History)
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Description Michał Górny archtester Gentoo Infrastructure gentoo-dev Security 2018-05-07 15:15:13 UTC
Since my current high-end dev machine is being decommissioned, I'd like to request access to some devbox from Infra that I could use for my LLVM and PyPy work (build-testing new LLVM versions, and building PyPy binpackages).  Both processes are CPU- and memory-intensive, so I can't really do them effectively on my own hardware.

I don't know what kind of setup Infra uses now but I'd really use something containerized for different setups.  Until now, I've been using a bunch of chroots on btrfs subvolumes -- amd64/x86 + openssl/openssl11/libressl + llvm-4/5/6/7...  I've been using btrfs snapshot to clone existing systems to the new versions as I needed them.

I would really prefer being able to create and maintain multiple systems easily and quickly rather than having to uninstall and reinstall dependencies all the time.  I suppose one of the modern container solutions would be more effective at this than my old chroots but I don't really know anything about that, so I'd rely on your experience in choosing.