Re: Testing ostree

["Jasper St. Pierre" <jstpierre mecheye net>]

On Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 12:56 PM, Giovanni Campagna
<scampa giovanni gmail com> wrote:
> Hello fellow developers,
>
> I've recently tried ostree, the new project to build parallel
> operating systems in subfolders. I must say I like the idea, but I
> found a few problems with the current implementation, like missing
> packages or incompatibilities between the host system and the ostree.
> Since I'd really like to use it and replace jhbuild, is there a
> central place to coordinate development on ostree (in particular, on
> the gnome os part)? A mailing list would be the best.
> Also, where is defined what goes on ostree.gnome.org and when is it
> updated? Are there plans to add 3.6 branches?
>
> And finally, a curiosity: what do downstreams say of ostree (if they
> are aware of it)? Did someone consider building a traditional distro
> on top of ostree, or is it something for developers / testers only?

Colin has told me that it's just meant to be a build and developer
tool, and that another OS *may* take ostree and turn it into a distro,
but that's not his primary goal.

> Thanks in advance,
>
> Giovanni
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  Jasper