Project:RelEng
| Release Engineering | |
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| Description | Release Engineering ("RelEng") is the official Gentoo project focused on coordinating and improving the creation of official media releases of Gentoo Linux and the associated tools used by the installation process. |
| Project email | releng@gentoo.org |
| Code repository | https://gitweb.gentoo.org/proj/releng.git/ |
| Hosted files | https://projects.gentoo.org/releng/ |
| Mailing list | gentoo-releng@lists.gentoo.org (archive) |
| IRC channel | #gentoo-releng (webchat) |
| Lead(s) | none No lead election date set |
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| Parent Project | Gentoo |
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Release Engineering ("RelEng") is the official Gentoo project focused on coordinating and improving the creation of official media releases of Gentoo Linux and other Gentoo operating systems. It is also primarily responsible for many of the tools used by the installation process, including Catalyst and genkernel. It was also responsible in the past for the Gentoo Linux Installer (GLI).
Goals
The goals of Release Engineering are to continually improve the quality, timeliness and overall procedures for creating official Gentoo Linux releases, as well as acting as the official coordinators for creating new Gentoo Linux release media. This project is very much focused on ensuring that the initial quality of every official release is as high as possible, and that the "from CD" experience is as positive for as many of our users as possible.
Release security and signing
All release media will have its DIGESTS file signed by one of the Gentoo Linux Release Engineering (releng@gentoo.org) PGP keys listed on this page. The keys are available through the subkeys.pgp.net keyserver. They can be used to verify that the media is, in fact, the media shipped by Release Engineering and not from a potential attacker. You will find more detailed verification instructions in the handbooks for each release.
New keys and changes to existing keys will be announced to the following Gentoo mailing lists: gentoo-dev-announce, gentoo-announce, gentoo-core.
Obtaining the public key:
user $gpg --keyserver subkeys.pgp.net --recv-keys <key id>Verify the cryptographic signature:
user $gpg --verify <foo.DIGESTS.asc>Verify the checksum (at least one of these hashes will exist):
user $sha512sum -c <foo.DIGESTS.asc>
user $sha256sum -c <foo.DIGESTS.asc>
user $sha1sum -c <foo.DIGESTS.asc>
Keys
Please note this wiki page is updated less often than the keys themselves. The latest updates on the keys can be fetched from the Gentoo OpenGPG keyserver and/or the sec-keys/openpgp-keys-gentoo* packages. They are also visible www.gentoo.org/downloads/signatures.
| Key ID | Key Type | Key Fingerprint | Key Description | Created | Expires | Revoked | Notes | |
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0x825533CBF6CD6C97 |
4096-bit RSA | D2DE 1DBB A0F4 3EBA 341B 97D8 8255 33CB F6CD 6C97 |
Gentoo-keys Team signing key <gkeys@gentoo.org> | 2014-10-03 | 2018-12-31 | Non-automated. | ||
0xDB6B8C1F96D8BF6D |
4096-bit RSA | DCD0 5B71 EAB9 4199 527F 44AC DB6B 8C1F 96D8 BF6D |
Gentoo Portage Snapshot signing Key (Automated signing key) | 2011-11-25 | 2024-07-01 | |||
0x9E6438C817072058 |
1024-bit DSA | D99E AC73 79A8 50BC E47D A5F2 9E64 38C8 1707 2058 |
Gentoo Linux Release Engineering (Gentoo Linux Release signing Key) | 2004-07-20 | 2024-01-01 | Non-automated. | ||
0xBB572E0E2D182910 |
4096-bit RSA | 13EB BDBE DE7A 1277 5DFD B1BA BB57 2E0E 2D18 2910 |
Gentoo Linux Release Engineering (Automated weekly release key) | 2009-08-25 | 2024-07-01 | |||
0x0838C26E239C75C4 |
1024-bit DSA | AE54 54F9 67B5 6AB0 9AE1 6064 0838 C26E 239C 75C4 |
Gentoo Portage Snapshot signing key (Automated Signing Key) | 2007-11-25 | 2012-05-23 | 2012-05-23 | Superceded by 0xDB6B8C1F96D8BF6D | |
0x6DC226AAD8BA32AA |
1024-bit DSA | 8861 8228 9048 D40B 3C3B ADDA 6DC2 26AA D8BA 32AA |
Gentoo Portage Snapshot signing key (Automated signing key) | 2004-11-11 | 2005-11-11 | 2007-11-25 | Revoked for changeover. | |
0xBB1D301B7DDAD20D |
1024-bit DSA | 4AC0 D5FE 8F92 96BA 6A06 0A2A BB1D 301B 7DDA D20D |
Gentoo Portage Snapshot signing key (Automated signing key) | 2005-11-23 | 2007-11-23 | 2007-11-23 | Revoked for changeover. |
Latest builds
Check the download page on the main site for a detailed list of downloadable files. The autobuild status page contains information regarding ongoing issues with the autobuilds.
Catalyst
Catalyst provides a single multi-faceted tool that can reliably build all aspects of a Gentoo Linux release: stage tarballs, and install CDs. It is intended to be used by those who wish to create their own customized versions of Gentoo Linux, or their own customized live media. The sources for catalyst are available on our gitweb site; an ebuild is available in our main ebuild repository.
Specific development goals for Catalyst include:
- Providing high-quality builds of Gentoo Linux.
- Powerful yet easy to use, customize, extend, and maintain.
- Maintainable, top-notch source code.
The Catalyst FAQ attempts to answer commonly asked questions related to Catalyst and its usage. In addition, the mailing list gentoo-catalyst@lists.gentoo.org is available for general discussion, help and for submitting patches to the code base for review before inclusion into any of its primary branches.
Resources
Resources offered by the Release Engineering Project:
Documentation
- Release guidelines — covers both the QA and release guidelines for the Gentoo Linux biannual release system.
Meeting summaries
Hall of Honor
Over the eons, many developers have come and gone. The best of them left a lasting impression so we honor them here, in the Gentoo Hall of Honor.
| Nickname | Remembered for |
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| wolf31o2 | One of our early leaders. Even now it is still hard to find code without his name on it. |
| agaffney | Creator of the autobuild process. He will never be forgiven for it. |