Bug 110973

Summary:	auto-populated binary package repository
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Mathieu Jobin <somekool>
Component:	New packages	Assignee:	Gentoo Linux bug wranglers <bug-wranglers>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	enhancement	CC:	bugs2
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Description Mathieu Jobin 2005-10-31 00:10:22 UTC

just had an idea, because I like gentoo very much,  but I'm getting tired of 
compil time and I think it be sweet if gentoo could work more with binary 
packages. so I was thinking when somebody emerge something from source, ... 
there is an option that allow already to create a package from it and store it 
in /usr/portage/packages. right ?  
 
What is this option would go further and would upload the package for anyone 
to download it. in a structure such as .... 
 
binary/arch/proc/package/version/ 
 
so that when you emerge a software it would check for a binary package first, 
if not found, it would compil it and upload it for the next persons ;) 
 
doesn't that sounds good ?  
 
 

Reproducible: Always
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Comment 1 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2005-10-31 00:19:41 UTC

Major problems with that, like resources (requires tons of storage and bandwidth), 
USE flags, and most importantly - security.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 88134 ***

Comment 2 BORGULYA Gábor 2005-11-02 14:01:21 UTC

These are major questions, but I don't see them as unsolvable problems.
- The status of all flags can be stored together with a binary.
- Tons of storage and bandwith can be managed with the bittorrent scheme, or
with bittorrent itself.
- Security seems more complcated to me. PGP web of trust could be used straight
away. Efficiency could be boosted by storing checksums centrally.

-- Gabor Borgulya