#Hack4Glarus - Winter 2017
2017-12-03
Outline
(re)Packaging automation
- Why?
- What will be?
- What is now?
- Entropy
Why (re)packaging automation?
Why repackage in the first place? - Short version
apt-get remove systemd
"[…] Ino longer feel like Ican't 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
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!