Ben, Jason

Do you have an estimation of CPU resources required for a Windows
buildslave? Do they have to be available 24/7 or would a say, 12h window
suffice? Would a Pentium G3260 cut it or is an i-class CPU required to
complete the build jobs within a useful timeframe?

How hard is the VS2005 or VS2008 requirement? In the build environment
instructions link Ben posted, VS2012 is mentioned as an option for
AFSVER_CL. VS2012 is the oldest I can easily get my hands on through our
Dreamspark subscription. I think if VS version can be tackled, the rest
of the build requirements are of a non-issue.

How does one BUILD a buildslave for Windows after setting up the build
environment? Is there any rundown for this?

Regards,


-K.


On 12/23/2015 11:47 PM, Benjamin Kaduk wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> The automated buildbot builder for Windows that performs a test build of
> each code submission to gerrit before that code can be merged into the
> tree has been disabled; please see the forwarded message below.  That
> builder was previously donated by Jeffrey Altman and provided tremendous
> value to the OpenAFS project over the years; thank you Jeffrey for having
> donated these resources for so long.
> 
> It is my opinion that in the absence of a gerrit-triggered windows
> builder, the OpenAFS code for windows will very quickly bitrot and become
> unusable.  The development environment for Windows imposes constraints not
> found on Unix systems, and most of our developers are unfamiliar with
> those constraints, so without a way to automatically enforce them before
> merging commits, the windows development constraints will quickly be
> violated.
> 
> If you are interested in OpenAFS continuing to function on the Windows
> platforms, I urge you to contribute resources towards a functioning
> Windows buildbot builder.
> http://git.openafs.org/?p=openafs.git;a=blob;f=README-WINDOWS;h=4f9af252f51677dd49e32c4af4411bd96eed53c9;hb=HEAD
> has some (probably somewhat outdated) instructions for setting up a
> Windows build environment.  Do note that the specific (old) versions of
> various softwares are important: newer versions will not work in most
> cases.  I may be able to provide some assistance in setting up a build
> environment; please post questions encountered while setting up such a
> development environment to [email protected].
> 
> Thank you,
> 
> Ben Kaduk
> 
> 
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2015 16:17:20 -0500
> From: Jason Edgecombe <[email protected]>
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [OpenAFS-devel] Window build slaves are disabled and removed
> 
> Hi everyone,
> 
> The only windows build slave has been disabled and removed from the OpenAFS
> buildbot system. If anyone wants to stand up a replacement, please contact me.
> 
> You may see the current buildbot status and variety of build slaves at
> http://buildbot.openafs.org/waterfall
> 
> Sincerely,
> Jason
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