On Sat, Jun 4, 2011 at 4:37 PM, Joe Schaefer <joe_schae...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Most of Apache Infrastructure is based on shared resources, and our build > environments are no exception. We currently provide both jenkins and > buildbot > based build systems, and the slaves naturally run jobs for several > projects. > While that used to be true, the Subversion project has dedicated buildbot slaves running in a dedicated virtual machines, or machines set up but svn folks. Once builds are taking too long to finish - thereby blocking other builds from other projects - it doesn't make sense anymore to share slaves. Also as for OOo a lot of libraries need to be installed to get it to build, it'll be much easier (well, less difficult) to keep it separated from the other projects. Lieven We provide access to Solaris, Linux, FreeBSD, OSX, and a few flavors of > Windows. > > With OO I could see a situation where having dedicated resources for > some/all > of the OS's would make sense. The ASF doesn't generally accept targetted > donations > and Infrastructure is long past the days of relying on hardware donations > to > survive. We currently have a few machines in the queue that we might be > able > to purpose as OO build slaves, but if we need more I'm sure the board won't > mind > approving a budget increase for us to do so. > > In short, just tell us what you think you need resource-wise, and we'll > work > with you to sort out the details. The Infrastructure Team is reachable at > infrastructure@a.o, but I'm considering mentoring this podling to help > bridge > any gaps. > > HTH > > > ----- Original Message ---- > > From: "robert_w...@us.ibm.com" <robert_w...@us.ibm.com> > > To: general@incubator.apache.org > > Sent: Sat, June 4, 2011 9:42:54 AM > > Subject: Build machines: external or colocated? > > > > I've heard some valid concerns about hardware resources needed to build > > OpenOffice. Since I just happen to know a company that is in the > hardware > > business, I might be able to get them to help out in this department. > But > > I wanted to first check on what the possibilities are on the Apache > side. > > In particular, does Apache have some way to accept hardware donations > and > > have them co-located in your data center, with Apache taking care of > > physical infrastructure, back ups, bandwidth, etc. Is that possible at > > all? Or should I be looking at some way these build machines could be > > hosted externally? How is this ordinarily done at Apache? > > > > Regards, > > > > > > -Rob > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > >
