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DF General Discussion / Re: Linux DF delayed / Computer death thread
« on: November 28, 2017, 01:57:15 am »
Good evening.
Figured I'd drop by to see what the situation was with my beloved Linux release (I don't visit the DF fora much). After all, there are dwarves that need to build fortresses and steal artifacts in my future...
Anyway. Build systems and build reproducibility in Linux are literally my professional specialty (seriously!).
Toady - if you would like, I can pull together guides and other material (i.e., examples), as well as make myself (freely) available for phone/email/google hangout consultation on how to use it, to the end that
- your VM configuration is stored in source code
- along with a guide for installing the tools to download and autoconfigure said VM.
- along with sufficient scripts to get your custom build system up and launched.
This will let you crash all the machines you like so long as you have your source code backed up.
It is a bit of a hassle and an "oy vey! so much starting paperwork" kind of thing, but it pays off in spades down the road.
If that sounds cool, PM me - it should email me on PM, and I'll manually circle back to the forum/thread tomorrow sometime. If that's not cool, I won't be offended if you ignore me.
Figured I'd drop by to see what the situation was with my beloved Linux release (I don't visit the DF fora much). After all, there are dwarves that need to build fortresses and steal artifacts in my future...
Anyway. Build systems and build reproducibility in Linux are literally my professional specialty (seriously!).
Toady - if you would like, I can pull together guides and other material (i.e., examples), as well as make myself (freely) available for phone/email/google hangout consultation on how to use it, to the end that
- your VM configuration is stored in source code
- along with a guide for installing the tools to download and autoconfigure said VM.
- along with sufficient scripts to get your custom build system up and launched.
This will let you crash all the machines you like so long as you have your source code backed up.
It is a bit of a hassle and an "oy vey! so much starting paperwork" kind of thing, but it pays off in spades down the road. If that sounds cool, PM me - it should email me on PM, and I'll manually circle back to the forum/thread tomorrow sometime. If that's not cool, I won't be offended if you ignore me.