Outline

(re)Packaging automation

• Why?
• What will be?
• What is now?
• Entropy

Why (re)packaging automation?

Why repackage in the first place? - Short version

"[…] I no longer feel like I can trust init to do the sane thing. You all presumably know why."

Why repackage in the first place? - Not-so-short version

Devuan - Debian without systemd

• Turns out, not so easy
• 381 packages modified for Devuan Jessie
• Limited human resources

Why Glarus cares

What will be?

What will be?

Current unstable distribution will need even more repackaging

A lot can be automated

What will be?

• Multiple programs, aka "bots"
• Watch out for dangerous changes
• Notify developers
• Fixing things without human intervention
• Human required for import in production

What is now there?

What is now there?

After this weekend

Entropy

Entropy

What was not planned, but happened

• Draw infrastructure and social parallels
• Met incredible people
• Set up IPv6 for everyone in the network (just helped a bit)
• Finally visited Switzerland!
• Glarus is worth repeating!

Thank you!

Slides are available online

https://evilham.com/en/slides/2017-Hack4Glarus

Give Devuan a go!