[csw-maintainers] New zone with experimental packages: build8st

[Dagobert Michelsen]

Hi Peter,

Am 08.04.2009 um 00:18 schrieb Peter Bonivart:
> On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 5:23 PM, Dagobert Michelsen <dam at opencsw.org>  
> wrote:
>> in the past were requests for installation of experimental packages  
>> not
>> released yet to see how things go. However, the strict "released  
>> only"
>> policy on build8s prohibited this installation. To allow these
>> "experimental packages" I set up a new zone build8st (t=testing)
>> where packages from testing may be installed. Building packages
>> for release is not allowed on this machine! I am thinking of
>> entering both testing/ and current/ into the repository from pkgutil
>> and allow csw-group execution of pkgutil. Thought?
>
> Is the zone for building or just for installing packages for those who
> don't have Solaris 8 machines to test on?

It is for tests which require installation of packages from testing/,
for whatever this may be useful.


Best regards

    -- Dago