On Sat, Mar 19, 2005 at 02:44:28AM -0800, Steve Langasek wrote: > On Tue, Mar 15, 2005 at 08:56:38AM +0000, Tim Cutts wrote: > > > >Martin Zobel-Helas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > >>Hi Dan, > > > >>On Monday, 14 Mar 2005, you wrote: > > >>>http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2005/03/msg00012.html > > > >>Alpha will become SCC and will be availible via scc.d.o. > > > >In fact, there isn't even a reason why it couldn't become a fully > > >supported architecture, except that there is only one buildd > > >currently. Unfortunately, it is not clear what would need to happen to > > >change that. > > > I have offered to create and host buildd's on this list at least twice > > before, and no-one has responded with pointers as to how to go about . > > We have a lot of Alpha kit here, and could easily provide at least one, > > and possibly more, buildd's of considerable power (possibly even > > something as large as an ES40). Especially if it means the difference > > between keeping it as a supported architecture and losing it. > > > What sort of machine is the current buildd? > > The current live buildd is a DS20E EV68 833MHz with 4GB RAM (disk unknown). > The failed buildd is a Dual Alpha EV6 666MHz with 512MB RAM and 33GB of > disk. Replacement buildds for alpha should be of comparable or greater > specs; escher, which is known to *not* be able to keep up with the unstable > package queue, is an SX164 533. > > > All someone needs to do is point me at the right people to co-ordinate > > with, and a set of instructions. > > Currently, there is no set of public instructions/requirements for new > buildds. Since historically the acceptance rate of new buildd offers is > fairly low (often because they're unsuitable for one reason or another > AIUI), I don't think there's much sense in sending individual offers to the > buildd maintainers until there is some kind of a checklist that people can > check against beforehand. > > -- > Steve Langasek > postmodern programmer
2x Dual Alpha 833 with 2G of RAM and 32G of disk going to Paul Cupis today/tomorrow: both to be hosted by him for Debian AIUI. Both suitable as autobuilders. Tim Cutt from Wellcome-Sanger Inst. in Cambridge would host an autobuilder internally - they have _lots_ of Alphas and want to keep them going (as above). More alphas potentially on their way from my donor. Does any of this help? Andy -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
