On Tue, 2023-06-20 at 07:30 +0200, Jan Kiszka wrote:
> On 31.05.23 12:10, Anton Mikanovich wrote:
> > Switch Isar from debootstrap to mmdebstrap.
> > It makes isar-bootstrap target ~10% faster on both cross and native
> > rootfs
> > types. Also mmdebstrap support using SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH for images
> > reproducibly
> > out of the box. But the main advantage is an ability to remove sudo
> > for
> > debootstrapping later on.
> > This change brakes Debian Buster support as host distro.
> >
> > Changes since v2:
> > - Rebase on next
> > - Fix commit messages
> > - Update host requirements
> >
> > Changes since v1:
> > - Move mmdebstrap tmpdir to workdir
> > - Fix kas building
> > - Improve mounts cleanup
> >
> > Anton Mikanovich (5):
> >   isar-bootstrap: Move preparations to hooks
> >   isar-bootstrap: Use tar output instead of directory
> >   user_manual.md: Replace debootstrap with mmdebstrap
> >   user_manual.md: Update minimal host requirements
> >   isar-bootstrap: Remove unused code
> >
> > Uladzimir Bely (2):
> >   meta: Switch to mmdebstrap
> >   CI: Install mmdebstrap
> >
> >  doc/user_manual.md                            |  41 +--
> >  meta-isar/conf/distro/ubuntu-common.inc       |   4 -
> >  meta/classes/rootfs.bbclass                   |  11 +-
> >  .../isar-bootstrap/isar-bootstrap.inc         | 274 ++++++++------
> > ----
> >  scripts/ci_build.sh                           |   6 +
> >  5 files changed, 152 insertions(+), 184 deletions(-)
> >
>
> Is this now settled? Asking as I'm planning to release kas 4.0 with
> the
> dependencies in patch 7 resolved these days, and I'd like to see this
> targeting the final version of this feature.
>
> Jan
>

We are currently upgrading our interlnal CI and need to run more jobs
before merging it.

But anyway, if mmdebstrap (and other packages mentioned in patch 3) is
preinstalled in kas 4.0 image, it would be nice.