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From: Waines, Greg <Greg.Waines@windriver.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2023 12:52 PM
To: Short, Charles <Charles.Short@windriver.com>; starlingx-discuss@lists.starlingx.io
Subject: RE: Apt-ostree repository

Hey Chuck,

I know we talked about this offline and it was also discussed in today’s StarlingX Community meeting …

Just to clarify / add-some-detail to your request … for community understanding …

‘apt-ostree’ is sort of a hybrid package manager that allows one to build and manage ostree commits based on DEB PKGs

Correct it will become a hybrid image/package manager that allows to build and manage ostree commits based on Debian packages.

You are developing this as part of the FLOCK project team’s work on ‘Software Upgrade/Update Evolution’, see stx 9 feature plan spreadsheet https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1aTjYzUkExodfayt-rjTv466jE-DP8b_YjrTHhXW6G9w/edit#gid=1107209846 .

Correct

Your development plans for apt-ostree is to develop this generically (i.e. no starlingx specifics), using the debian apt package manager and debian’s ostree package.

That’s correct I see possible use cases outside of StarlingX where it could possibly be used for example embedded systems for managing updates, installs, etc.

AND THEN the higher-level StarlingX-specific Software Management code would USE apt-ostree

StarlingX manages large number of nodes well. I would hope that apt-ostree gets to the point where apt-ostree can manage Debian based systems well.

As discussed, our long term plans would be to offer/propose this as a debian package to the debian community …. Rather than bury this in starlingx.

And then we would just include this new debian package in our host packages and use it for starlingx

Correct I would like to start with small and then work our way through a bigger use case within the Debian community.

In the meantime, you’re proposing that we create an apt-ostree repo in starlingx, as sort of an incubation period … in order to develop apt-ostree and meet stx 9 release schedules.

With the intent to move it to the debian community later.

Correct

Greg.

p.s. I’m a +1 for new short-term apt-ostree repo

From: Short, Charles <Charles.Short@windriver.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2023 4:08 PM
To: starlingx-discuss@lists.starlingx.io
Subject: [Starlingx-discuss] Apt-ostree repository

Hi,

I been working on a Debian based ostree package management system for the past couple of months. It is similar to how rpm-ostree manages packages with ostree on Fedora. I was wondering if there were any objections to adding the repository to the starlingx namespace on opendev.org?

Thanks

chuck