Thanks Craig for helping me out in sorting my head over these 2 products from TW. I think, Mark you got an answer too for your clients. It, Of Course depends on what is the requirement.
I think, so far, I am going to stick to CCNet. There is no need to avail all those fancy features of Cruise at this point of time for my team and project. Thanks a ton Craig. On Mar 5, 5:32 pm, Craig Sutherland <[email protected]> wrote: > A distributed build is when a build is spread across multiple > machines. It does allow concurrent builds - but it doesn't handle > working with other servers very well. > > If CC.Net is working fine for you now, and you have no issues with it, > I'd stick with it. You've obviously had plenty of experience with it, > whereas changing toCruisewill involve learning a new system. > > Craig > > On Mar 6, 12:13 pm, SMS <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Sorry for confusing in the names. > > > Craig, that distributed build question was intended towards you. > > > Thanks > > > On Mar 5, 5:11 pm, SMS <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Thanks Mark and Craig for your quick responses. > > > > First of all, my company needs a free version. I do understand, that > > >Cruiseis free uptill two agents. What exactly a agent is doing in > > >Cruise? > > > > Mark, what did you mean by "CCNet does not provide distributed build"? > > > Does that mean that many builds running concurrently? > > > If yes, this is not the requirement in my case. We have worked very > > > well with queued builds in CCNet uptil now. Also, security is also not > > > our priority. > > > So, do you think, there is no need to go toCruise, when CCnet is > > > sufficing our needs? > > > > Thanks. > > > > On Mar 5, 4:56 pm, Mark Ryall <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Funny you should ask this question - I need to answer this question for > > > > my > > > > current client. > > > > There are actually 4 continuous integration products associated with > > > >thoughtworksthat feature the word 'cruise'. It seems that this fact can > > > > cause a great deal of confusion - they are all similar in concept but > > > > completely different in implementation. > > > > >http://ccnet.thoughtworks.com-Theopensource .net implementation that you > > > > all know and love (ideally suited for building .net projects) > > > > >http://cruisecontrol.sourceforge.net-Theoriginalopen source java > > > > implementation that started it all (ideally suited for building java > > > > projects) > > > > >http://cruisecontrolrb.thoughtworks.com-Amorerecent open source ruby > > > > implementation (ideally suited for building ruby projects) > > > > >http://studios.thoughtworks.com/cruise-continuous-integration-Acommer... > > > > continuous integration tool that was released last year > > > > > There main features of the commercial version ofcruiseare > > > > here:http://studios.thoughtworks.com/cruise-continuous-integration/feature... > > > > > I'd suggest that you ask your coworkers to demonstrate their perceived > > > > benefit of usingcruise(the specific problems that will be solved by > > > > using > > > > it instead of the open source version). There are a great many things > > > > that > > > > you can do with the commercial version that would require a lot of > > > > effort > > > > using the open source versions (build pipelines, parallellisation, > > > > testing > > > > on multiple platforms etc.). The question is whether your team would > > > > benefit from doing any of those things. > > > > > Mark. > > > > > On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 9:20 AM, SMS <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > I have been using CCNET for more than 3 years now. I have been pretty > > > > > satisfied with how it works. > > > > > I just got to know about fromCruise(again byThoughtWorks). > > > > > What is the exact difference between these two products? > > > > > Why should I stick to CCNet whenCruisehas come out in market? > > > > > > I need some substantial answers since I got answer to my c-workers who > > > > > have been insisting that we should start usingCruiseinstead of > > > > > CCNet. > > > > > > Thanks.- Hide quoted text - > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
