Re: [developer] [RFC] Ship closed-binaries in-tree and deliver them as part of the build

[Gordon Ross <gordon.w.ross@gmail.com>]

Looks like a potentially useful improvement.
What's the impact on the size of a "git clone"?

On Tue, Apr 30, 2024 at 4:49 PM Richard Lowe <richlowe@richlowe.net> wrote:
>
> https://code.illumos.org/c/illumos-gate/+/3445
>
> This makes reasoning (which binaries do we use?) much easier, it also would
> allow us in the future to deliver them to _different places_, should we want
> to stop isaexec'ing iked, move pax to usr/has, or rearrange drivers into
> /platform or /usr/kernel.
>
> It also makes the delivery of licenses via the closed-bins (seriously,
> they drop into the proto out of there) less likely to cause us to
> accidentally use an older license if the build races (this  can be
> fixed with the exception list, too, but as an example of what the
> greater visibility brings out)
>
> I intend this as a basis for discussion, and I think that's best done
> by showing you the code and letting you look at a version that
> actually works to see how this would look.  If we want to pursue this
> route, I would write up an IPD that is basically a copy/paste of the
> above, and a summary of the outcome of the discussion.
>
> The makefiles are intentionally lacking framework and modularity, as
> the nature of the task means that changes to them are even in the best
> case, very unlikely, and they are few.
>
> -- Rich
>
> ------------------------------------------
> illumos: illumos-developer
> Permalink: https://illumos.topicbox.com/groups/developer/Tb64944d83604d344-M27ba9d393d6dd856fea170a0
> Delivery options: https://illumos.topicbox.com/groups/developer/subscription