----- Original Message ----- From: "Sam Ruby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2003 10:32 Subject: Re: Axis Build System - Possible conversion to Maven
> Steve Loughran wrote: > > > > Changing the build process isnt the solution. Or maybe it is, but it > > isnt the real problem, which is we need to reexamine what our test > > process is. > > > > [On the subject of testing, I can borrow an Itanium 1 workstation if I > > can think of a good excuse. Its too big and noisy for the office, but I > > was thinking of bringing up a 64 bit os (unix or nt) and running gump on > > it. Thoughts?] > > If it is possible for me to get access to the machine, I would gladly > volunteer to set everything up. that would be possible if I brought it home, but you have to see the size of the thing to imagine the reaction that would create.. > > If the tests could be split into ones that everybody should run before > every commit and tests that should be run by by an automated regression > test suite, then the workspace definitions for underpowered 2Ghz 32 bit > Pentium machines can be configured to run the first set, and your beefy > itanium could be configured to run the latter. > > I'd strongly suggest running a version of Unix. my new desktop pc (xeon 3.06 OK?) will run rh8.0 with vmware for the legacy platform. I dont want the IA64 box near me as its got bigger fans than my car's1.8T engine. Adding a continous integration build would be interesting indeed.
