Jason Dagit <[email protected]> writes:

> 1) Does the machine have to always be on?
Basically, yes.

> 2) Can the machine be behind a firewall?
Yes.

> 3) Besides the Haskell platform and running cabal-install, what has to be
> installed?
MSYS and buildbot itself (see
http://buildbot.net/trac/wiki/RunningBuildbotOnWindows)

> 4) Can the cost of running said service be considered a donation to the darcs
> project (eg., with tax benefits in some parts of the world)?
I have no idea, SFC may have.

> 5) Are there services that would make this easier, like you pay $X/month and
> you get a windows box suitable for this?
I don't know.

> 6) Has anyone with a linux based build slave considered running a wine build
> bot?
No. It may or may not be worthwhile, I don't know.

> 7) Can one machine be a slave for multiple ghc versions?
Yes, although this needs some extra work (probably not much).

Yours,
   Petr.
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