On Thu, 07 Feb 2013 21:45:23 -0600 ravenlock <ravenl...@ravenlock.us> said:

> On 2/7/13 8:35 PM, Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) wrote:
> > On Thu, 07 Feb 2013 09:35:07 -0600 ravenlock <ravenl...@ravenlock.us> said:
> > 
> >> On 1/30/13 5:32 AM, Bertrand Jacquin wrote:
> >>> Hi,
> >>>
> >>> For e5 buildbot/whatever we will need different OS and architecture to
> >>> test. So if some volunteer are free to build some, we can gladly host
> >>> them.
> >>>
> >>> Needed OS :
> >>>
> >>>  - Windows XP x86
> >>>  - Windows XP x86_64
> >>>  - Windows Vista x86_64
> >>>  - Windows 7 x86_64
> >>>  - Windows 8 x86_64
> >>
> >> What is the plan for licensing the above?
> > 
> > someone needs to actually pay for a proper license/copy. there is no way i
> > will allow us to use pirated copies of any software on our infra. if we ask
> > people to respect our licenses, be they bsd, gpl or anything else, then we
> > will respect theirs, regardless if they are open or not.
> 
> I didn't propose pirating anything.  Didn't know if we were hoping for
> people to purchase and donate copies, send in old decommissioned
> personal copies, if we were using E-funds or whatnot.

sure - i'm just making it clear, that any such vm's must be installed "above
board" with legitimate licenses for the vm os's :)

> >>>  (maybe more declination are needed ?)
> >>>
> >>>  - Mac OS X Snow Leopard
> >>>  - Mac OS X Lion
> >>>  - Mac OS X Mountain Lion
> >>
> >> This is easy and do'able if you have the Mac hardware and Parallels.
> >> Refurbed Mac Minis are like $500, you can stuff 16GB in them and a 1TB
> >> disk.  Works perfectly well.  Once upon a time there were E-funds being
> >> held.  We might tap into those?
> > 
> > he's asking for vm's, not hardware. we can't do squat diddly with a mac
> > mini.
> 
> If you desire osx, you'll be duct taping that Mac Mini to your rack
> mounted colo.  ;)

which means its not going to happen. osx support in our buildbot/cluster is not
an option until apple changes their licensing policies. so upstream support ==
"whatever devs manage to do at home on their own machines if they have osx
boxen".

> > our server is in a rack in a server room/colo in oregon. :) i know - osx
> > expressly forbids being used on anything other than apple hardware (vm's
> > included).
> > 
> >>>
> >>>  - FreeBSD 8
> >>>  - FreeBSD 9
> >>
> >> I'd be happy to pitch in on the FreeBSD front if no one else has jumped
> >> on it.
> > 
> > a qemu vm disk image would be what is good here. the file and any other qemu
> > cmdline info needed to bring it up (specific device emulation).
> > 
> > something installed with network running and preferably everything up to and
> > including x running and working within the vm, sshd running and working
> > with a root password made available for admins.
> > 
> > basically this vm has to run on the server and be brought up and down as
> > needed and able to be sshd into and configured when/if needed. it will be
> > used for running builds on, generating any binaries if/when we want, as
> > well as running test suites. that means it needs all the dependencies on
> > there and the ability to add more dependencies when/if needed. :)
> 
> Is there a time frame in which this is desired?

whenever you have time. no rush. :)

> > 
> >>>
> >>>  - NetBSD 4.0 (still supported)
> >>>  - NetBSD 6.0 (still supported)
> >>>  - NetBSD 6.0
> >>>
> >>>  - OpenBSD 5.2
> >>
> >> -ravenlock
> >>
> >>
> > 
> > 
> 
> 


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