[Starlingx-discuss] building proposal

[Ponce Castaneda, Guillermo A]

Hi Mario,

I have been working at StarlingX for over a month now and I would really like to have a tool like this one, it can get very complicated to even create a working mirror by only using the documentation, there are steps/hacks that are not documented or are very hard to follow and this tool would solve everything and take load off the final user.

I also understand there are a lot of people that like or have the need to do everything step by step but I am also sure that some other people will find this tool very handy, so I would like to work on this project.

Thanks and Regards.
 - Guillermo (Memo) Ponce

On 7/4/18, 10:33 AM, "Arevalo, Mario Alfredo C" <mario.alfredo.c.arevalo at intel.com> wrote:

    
    Hi folks,
    
    Taking a look inside stx-tools mirror, I come up with an idea related to the building ISO flow,
    I think the most of the instructions can be automated in a centralized tool. This tool can be
    developed in golang or python language in order to take advantage of the provided modules by these
    languages. Furthermore we can improve the error handling, and hide the flow complexity due to the
    current stuff could be a little prone to error. The idea is to have some basic commands as first version.
    
    $ stx mirror       donwload/create an RPM mirror
    $ stx build-iso    build an ISO image using a possible mirror as input (e.g. --mirror/home/user/mirror), or if it does not exist, crate one.
    
    I would like some comments related to this.
    
    Best regards.
    Mario.