[CentOS-devel] CentOS-7 / powerpc BE bring up

Fri Sep 11 15:08:40 UTC 2015
James O'Connor <jpoc at linux.vnet.ibm.com>

> On Sep 11, 2015, at 6:25 AM, Karanbir Singh <kbsingh at centos.org> wrote:
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> hi Ashish,
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> Fabian is putting together a VM ( or 2 if you need more ), for the BE
> bringup. This would be a fedora19 VM.
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> Fabian: Ashish has confirmed that he has all the mock configs required
> to bringup the CentOS 7.1406 os/ release content, then build the
> updates upto May 2015 content. So here is what I see happening,
> 
> 1) Fabian to setup a VM for ppc64 BE
> 2) Fabian to setup a VM for ppc ( multilib, 32 bit )
> 3) Ashish to file a bug report at bugs.centos.org to req direct
> access, include ssh key
> 4) Fabian to get Ashish setup, and get Ashish an account on the ipv4
> jumphost.
> 5) One that is in place, Ashish to build mock itself on the machines
> for either 64bit or 32bit
> 6) Fabian to let Ashish know the mirror url for fedora19, which would
> be the base of the builds
> 7) Ashish should then be able to kick off the first bringup cycle,
> with mock configs he already has in place.
> 8) build to CentOS-7 1406 content  being complete.
> 9) Checkpoint at this stage, to evaluate payload, build process, build
> delivery and workout path to automating builds from there on.
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I’ve got the BE side of the house covered too or will delegate as appropriate so pass this all through s/Ashish/James/ as well.