The Funtoo Linux project has transitioned to "Hobby Mode" and this wiki is now read-only.
Funtoo Harvester Project
harvester/2023-11 has been merged into official Funtoo, and harvester/2024-02 has been created. Please hold off on PRs to harvester. We are going to define a more structured approach to harvester development very soon so we can move forward strategic initiatives.
01 February 2024
To submit a PR for harvester, please send a PR via code.funtoo.org and target the harvester/2022-09 branch of kit-fixups.
Welcome to the harvester project! The harvester project is focused on providing a meta-repo that can be used for active development by Funtoo Linux contributors. This allows evaluation of experimental and potentially disruptive changes in a completely separate tree without impacting regular Funtoo Linux installs.
How To Use
Currently, harvester only provides an experimental next-release tree.
To use harvester on an existing next-release system, add the following lines to your
/etc/ego.conf:
/etc/ego.conf [global]
release = next
sync_base_url = git://harvester.funtoo.org/funtoo/tree/{repo}
Then, back up your existing meta-repo, and re-sync the new harvester meta-repo:
root # cd /var/git root # mv meta-repo meta-repo.bak root # ego sync
Your system will now have the harvester next-release meta-repo available to it,
so you can test the latest experimental changes in harvester via emerge.
The Harvester Concept
Harvester exists as a branch of kit-fixups, which is listed at the top of this page.
harvester.funtoo.org generates a tree using this special branch, containing
experimental changes. These changes are made available via git from harvester.funtoo.org directly.
After a certain period of time, a new harvester branch will be created with a new datestamp, which will be in sync with the then-current production next-release, and new PRs can be submitted to make new experimental changes. This ensures that harvester doesn't diverge too much from the production next-release, and also creates necessary incentive to merge changes tested in harvester into the official production next-release.
How To Submit
As with all PR's, it is required that you open an issue on bugs.funtoo.org. Once
this is done, and the issue has been triaged so that is no longer in the "Intake" state,
it is possible to start progress on the issue and submit a PR referencing the issue,
targeting the kit-fixups branch listed at the top of the page. The PR will be on an
accelerated track to be merged into harvester. When the harvester tree is next regenerated, the change will appear in the tree and ego sync will make it available on any Funtoo Linux systems using harvester.
Once your changes have been sufficiently tested, it is then possible to submit a vetted PR to the production next-release tree, by submitting a PR to the kit-fixups master branch.