Re: Working on system upgrade
Mark Evenson <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.lisp.common-lisp-net.devel |
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| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
On 6/20/17 11:54, Erik Huelsmann wrote: > Hi Mark, > > On Tue, Jun 20, 2017 at 9:11 AM, Mark Evenson <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> >> On 6/18/17 15:38, Erik Huelsmann wrote: >> […] >> >>> I've removed quite a few packages indeed (from the current production >>> system, that is): all packages related to the X11 (server) have been >>> removed. So have most LaTeX and LuaTeX packages. The idea behind this >> step >>> is that the access provided by Common-Lisp.net is merely provided to >>> support uploading and maintaining the static html pages -- my assumption >> is >>> that that has little relationship to being able to start a desktop >>> environment or graphics environment. >>> >>> If you miss packages that you depend on, don't hesitate to speak up. >> Please >>> explain what you need them for and I'll make them available again. >> >> […] >> >> I appreciate the effort to get to Debian Stretch, but common-lisp.net >> also functions as a shell host > > > Indeed I have noticed some very-long running sessions on your account in > the past. Looking at the page which lists services to our projects ( > https://common-lisp.net/project-intro/), I think your use of the host is > unsupported (as in: I can't find it as a listed service). We currently use > shell sessions to run lisppaste and cliki, but I think that with the > introduction of `systemd`, we can probably move those to be run as "user > services" instead. Based on that, I was expecting the system not to have > long-running shell sessions anymore. Well, I need a shell host to perform tasks for common-lisp.net maintainence. As such, I install tools I can't get from Debian in <file://common-lisp.net/usr/home/mevenson/local/>. screen I know, so please retain. […] > Can I ask in what way the shell sessions you use need to be a generic > service to support the common lisp community (and what role does GCC play > in it)? Maintaining support via IRC channels, and being able to answer the occacsional support request in the same Emacs. […] -- "A screaming comes across the sky. It has happened before, but there is nothing to compare to it now."