I've gotten Noah Kantrowitz on here, he's doing some other infrastructure stuff for the PSF, and would like to include speed.python.org in the proper organization of the machines, rather than ad-hoc "everyone installs what they think it needs" :)
Alex On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 8:28 PM, Jesse Noller <jnol...@gmail.com> wrote: > (Re-sending intentionally - I wasn't subbed to pypy-dev and got rejected) > > On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 8:22 PM, Jesse Noller <jnol...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Here's a summary (nicely put together by Nick Coghlan): > > > > - OSU/OSL have set up the machine itself (details in the July list > archives) > > - I am the machine admin (I have root) > > - Tennessee and Miquel are working on getting codespeed up and running > > > > - I and Maciej are already too busy to handle the coordination/admin > > side of things > > > > I just added the "speedracer" account - a common account to setup > > things as needed. Currently, I don't see activity from Miquel on > > setting up the codespeed instance. I know Tennessee has been looking > > at setting up the runner. > > > > What we need is this, very simply: > > > > 1 - A working, running codespeed instance installed > > 2 - Benchmark runner(s) setup and going - for PyPy and CPython 2.x > > since the benchmarks don't run on Python 3 yet. > > > > > > Other needs/notes: > > - a project issue tracker doesn't appear to exist yet (needs to be done) > > - a better 'placeholder/about' page would be useful that offered links > to: > > - the sp...@python.org mailing list signup page > > - the issue tracker (once it exists) > > - the codespeed repo > > > > Ideally, the front landing page would end up looking like: > > http://speed.pypy.org/ > > > > - the aim is to eventually have the web front end running on different > > (but still OSU/OSL hosted) hardware, although that likely isn't > > critical right now > > > > - the current 5 GB /tmp size may be a problem for PyPy > > > > Where do we go from here - I can not be the one to keep pestering the > > group to make forward progress. On behalf of the PSF, and the CPython > > and PyPy teams, I got us a donated platform for running these shared, > > common benchmarks. Right now we have a 10,000$+ paper weight taking > > rack space in OSU/OSL. > > > > I need someone to take lead on this and get the project moving forward > > - as a reminder, here was the original proposal I made to the board, > > after PyCon 2011: > > > > """ > > Coming out of the PyCon VM and language summits, it was commonly > > agreed that PyPy, CPython, IronPython and Jython should strive to move > > to a common set of benchmarks and a single performance-oriented site. > > This was agreed upon by the maintainers present at the conference, and > > included leads from all of the major implementations. This project > > would be lead by the various VM development teams, and based around > > the Unladen Swallow/PyPy benchmark suite. The site would be derived > > from: > > > > http://speed.pypy.org/ > > > > There are already GSOC students potentially lined up to work on > > porting the test suite to Python 3! > > > > There, of course, is the requirement that we have: > > > > 1> A machine > > 2> Hosting for that machine > > > > And I took the job of finding both. As the OSU/OSL [1] has come up > > several times in discussions about free, monitored hosting, I felt > > that now would be the time to float the trial balloon and start a > > continuing relationship with the OSU/OSL team. I got to speak with > > some of the team at PyCon, and I was quite impressed with their > > enthusiasm and willingness to help out. > > """ > > > > I need help from everyone to get this up and running: the PyPy team is > > most familiar with the speed.pypy.org/codespeed system. If we could > > get a dump of what needs to be done to get things setup, that may help > > get more hands involved. > > > > I am feeling personally responsible that this has not been moving > > forward - I need your help to get this up and running for the > > betterment of CPython and PyPy. This project benefits both projects, > > and Python in general immensely. > > > > Once up and running, this system will be prominently placed on the > > Python.org home page, and be used by potential users to help select > > and evaluate their Python runtime. > > > > Jesse > > > _______________________________________________ > pypy-dev mailing list > pypy-dev@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pypy-dev > -- "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." -- Evelyn Beatrice Hall (summarizing Voltaire) "The people's good is the highest law." -- Cicero
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