Few questions about the future plans

[ghost]

• https://github.com/dotnet/source-build - would source-build simplify things for this repo and leave behind just the Portage packaging bits?

• Secondly, can we just use generic Linux binaries on Gentoo https://github.com/dotnet/core/blob/master/release-notes/download-archives/2.0.0-download.md#net-core-200?

• Are there any efforts going on to get Gentoo OOTB official support and obsolete this separate effort?

[cnd]

/cc @ArsenShnurkov

[ArsenShnurkov]

1. thanks for cc, this is interesting and usefull documentation
2. somebody defenitely will create -bin packages, which will use these binaries as they are (similar to libreoffice-bin), but i personally have no interest in this
3. i didn't understood words about "separate effort". I don't know gentoo-based distribution which have all .net-tools preinstalled (I will prefer to create equo packages for Sabayon linux, because i use it)

[ghost]

I meant efforts to make .NET Core available as official package from .NET Foundation like Ubuntu and RedHat Linux etc. has today?

List of supported officially linux dstributions

[ArsenShnurkov]

who will pay for support?

"The Gentoo Foundation, Inc. provides the legal and financial base for the Gentoo project."

@mpkh - ты готов приложить организационные усилия как единственный девелопер?

[cnd]

@ArsenShnurkov yes, there is the actual financial base but it's not used as salary for developers or something alike, it's for some hardware/network needs, etc.

I don't fully understand that issue, @kasper3 do you want to have all those binaries to be packaged? I absolutely see no problems with it except I'm not using dotnet at the moment and doubt if soon I will find time for that, contributions are very welcome.

[gsnerf]

It sounds like he wants to see something like gentoo ebuilds for the .net core ecosystem provided by the .NET Foundation

@kasper3 I'm not sure if they are willing to do something like that for a "niche distribution" like gentoo, there probably hasn't been any effort to ask them up until know though.

[ArsenShnurkov]

There are "non niche" distributions, like Sabayon or Calculate Linux (the last one is all way commercial). Or you can start some new distribution!

Your distribution will gather money for support, give them to gentoo foundation, and gentoo foundation will arrange support for .Net foundation.

[ghost]

gentoo ebuilds for the .net core ecosystem provided by the .NET Foundation

Yup, basically Microsoft is building packages for many distributions already (RedHat, Debian, openSUSE etc.). If Gentoo community shows interest, it might be added to the pool of official distribution. Microsoft will be responsible for releasing, keeping stuff up-to-date. Is it too unordinary in Gentoo ecosystem to have for example Oracle maintaining official OracleDB package, Google maintaining official Go package and so on?