@Tex1954
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Not required for the installer build, the ‘developer’ environment instructions are here:
Built on openSUSE dev notes and status: Built on openSUSE dev notes and status and are significantly more involved.
So agreed this is frustrating all around, but we are working on it. For context: my predecessor (as project maintainer) released the ISO build instructions for our v3 installer 6 years ago:
in that time we have had exactly 1 external contributor; and it wasn’t me or @Flox, and 8 commits.
Our current installer has now had input from 7 folks in addition to me in just over a year with 100 commits (revisions sort of). We are trying here to foster informed developer contribution in our ‘method’ before we open our pre-built installer to the general public.
So I apologies for all the frustration, and good luck with your other concerns, legs etc. This release has been a long and drawn out process that I will be please to put-to-bed and move onto the next testing channel development. But in the mean time we have fostered greater community input, massively updated/changed our base OS, just as well given CentOS’s recent demise, and hopefully moved much closer to a “Turn Key” DIY NAS appliance for the masses. Oh and saved Rockstor from the fete of openfiler: unmaintained. Open source projects are easy to start and similarly die easily, they are far harder to maintain. And you have personally assisted in this maintenance. So thanks again for your continued and long term interest in our project. I’ll PM you with pre-build installer availability as we move from private beta to pre-release on that front.
Thanks again for sharing your findings and again I apologies for mis-reading your interests and our oh-so-nearly ready status that wasn’t quite ready for you.
Cheers and hang in there.