Building the perfect beast
<p>I&#8217;ve attempted to summarize the discussion of build options for the repository-surgery machine. You should see a link at the top of the page: if not, it&#8217;s <a href="http://esr.ibiblio.org/?page_id=6408">here</a></p>
<p>I invite all the commenters who have shown an interest to critique these build proposals.  Naturally, I&#8217;d like to make sure we have a solid parts list with no spec conflicts before we start spending money and time to build this thing.</p>
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<p>As the Help Stamp Out CVS In Your Lifetime fund has received $965 and I said I&#8217;d match that, even the Xeon proposal is within reach.  Though I don&#8217;t mind admitting that I wasn&#8217;t expecting to have to match quite so <em>much</em> generosity and the thought of spending $900 on the machine makes me swallow a bit hard.  If the gentleman who instigated the Xeon proposal is still willing to toss a couple of bitcoins at it, I won&#8217;t be too proud to accept.</p>
<p>Plans are not yet final, but John Bell (who started this party with his $100 &#8220;Get a real computer, kid!&#8221; donation) says he&#8217;s eager to do the build at his place in Toledo. Then he&#8217;ll haul it out here and we&#8217;ll do final installation and system qualification, probably sometime in mid-November.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve already had one nomination for the next CVS mammoth to get speared: Gentoo.  I&#8217;ve sent an offer but seen no response yet.  NetBSD is definitely on my list.  I&#8217;ll cheerfully accept suggestions of other deserving targets.</p>
<p>Not to forget that I do Subversion repositories too.  I&#8217;ve actually converted more of those than CVS ones, I think &#8211; Battle For Wesnoth, Hercules, Roundup, and Network Utility Tools are the ones that leap to mind.</p>
