N.B.: now boot, no biggie. See also nbpkg.
For increasingly arbitrary combinations of...
- Unixy host/guest OSes
- hardware architectures
- emulation and virtualization tools
...we have a consistent shell UI...
- for host to control headless guest VMs:
nb - for guest to perform various in-system actions:
nbvm
(There are also a few miscellaneous supporting scripts waiting to be properly integrated into these.)
Easy access to a variety of platforms serves a couple purposes for me:
- Test-build pkgsrc packages
- Test-build other Unix software (e.g., notqmail)
What purposes could it serve for you?
If official pkgsrc infrastructure were to include an OS zoo...
- Developers could easily test on a variety of platforms
- Official builds for a variety of platforms could be more easily published
In short, pkgsrc would be easier to maintain carefully and to use widely.
I want these outcomes, so I'm designing with the target environment in mind. I've designed and deployed to this infrastructure before.