Re: Paid Support

[Geert Stappers <stappers@stappers.nl>]

On Sat, Aug 22, 2020 at 09:36:09PM -0400, Chris Punches via crossgcc wrote:
> Dear Crosstool-NG Community,
> 
> Please let me know if there is another venue to request this, but, I was
> wondering if anyone at the crosstool-ng project were willing to provide paid
> support to integrate crosstool-ng into the build process for a Linux
> distribution that compiles itself?
> 
> Basically, I want to use crosstool-ng to build a cross-toolchain for at least
> x86_64 targets in a docker container's /opt/xtools, and our automation would use
> that to cross-compile all the pieces of a chroot at /opt/chroot until we have
> enough to spit out a docker image and a bootable iso in a shared volume with the
> docker host.  It is a "distro from source in a box" concept.  Will use libc.
> 
> Before you type it -- buildroot does not meet my objectives.  Unfortunately.
> 
> This is after months of struggling with the documentation for both binutils and
> crosstool-ng.  The docs make this look pretty easy but I'm finding that the
> tutorials and docs are not resulting in successful builds with rather ambiguous
> blockers.
> 
> So, I figure it might be a good idea to see if this is something money can help
> with so that we can get someone more knowledgable than I am providing input on
> it.  Even if that paid support is paid training, fine, it's better than what
> we've been trying to do up to this point on that project.  I'm open to ideas. 
> 
> No one seems to know how this works outside of the gigantic brains that occupy
> this mailing list.  I know this because I've asked every person on the planet
> about it and can personally confirm. Every. Single. Person. :)
> 
> I am eager to move past this piece for a while so I can put more energy into the
> distro itself.  If there is a better place to ask or find this kind of support I
> am highly receptive to suggestions.

Idea:  Hire what you can hire, give  it a clear task/order/assigment.


At "what you can hire":  Establish a relation between those who work and
those who pay.  Yes, that is a two way relation.

At "it":  Company or single person

 
> Earnestly,
> 
> Chris Punches
> Owner
> SILO GROUP, LLC
> chris.punches@silogroup.org


Groeten
Geert Stappers
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