On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 5:36 AM, Petr Rockai <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi all! > > Our current buildbot [1] setup is virtually unmaintained (I can count 2 > working > slaves) despite the pleas [2] to fix [3] the situation [4]. Since this is > the > case for over 6 months now, I have decided to set up a new buildmaster [5] > and > started working on getting up some maintained buildslaves. So far I have 32 > and > 64 bit Debian stable, running the distribution's GHC 6.8.2. I will likely > be > able to also add GHC 6.10.4, again on 32 and 64 bit Debian. > > The other critical bit for a useful buildbot is windows slave(s). Now if > someone steps up, that would be very welcome (but I don't quite expect that > to > happen... surprise me!) -- we need at least one hardware-based win32 > setup. Probably in a month or two months time, I will be able to attempt > getting this running on a Windows Vista box in our laboratory. I will also > try > to add a virtualbox-based Windows XP install. This should cover our windows > bases, more or less. Could someone please kindly email the list with information about what is required to run a windows build slave. I'm imagining an example configuration and/or minimum specs. This is probably already written, but I don't know where, hence my request. Things I want to know: 1) Does the machine have to always be on? 2) Can the machine be behind a firewall? 3) Besides the Haskell platform and running cabal-install, what has to be installed? 4) Can the cost of running said service be considered a donation to the darcs project (eg., with tax benefits in some parts of the world)? 5) Are there services that would make this easier, like you pay $X/month and you get a windows box suitable for this? 6) Has anyone with a linux based build slave considered running a wine build bot? 7) Can one machine be a slave for multiple ghc versions? Explanation about some of the above: 1) I have a machine at home I could potentially donate but I don't really want it to be using up electricity 24/7. Also, as windows needs a lot of reboots, what happens when the machine is rebooted when it is needed? 3) I don't want to install msys or cygwin. 4) This may be a selling point for people who use darcs at work and are trying to convince their employer to help. 6) I realize wine is substantially different than windows but this may be a worthwhile experiment. Hard for me to say without trying it for a while and it may be easier to find wine slaves than windows ones. Thanks, Jason
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