> and of course the posts from Ivan detailing progress on getting KDE > packaged, the thought occurred to me that it might be helpful to have a > compile farm for building KDE. Reduce the design, compile, test time by > a factor of 10 maybe. > > Is that realistic? Would it be beneficial?
not really sure...A common machine or two for packagers (and/or developers) to use for building apps/packages would be good as it would give a common backend for packaging. (thus making sure all packages are built using the same development libraries and all... > Someone out there benefiting from kde must have a load of workstations > they could configure to allow a developer to do compiles on. Maybe even > have 1 dedicated machine that could install then run the packaged KDE > system & export the X display over the internet to the developers > workstation, so the developer doesn't have to even dl the results across > the net. > > (Maybe use vnc? > http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/ ) > > I also recall reading that compiling sun's star office takes 10, or 10's > of hours. Maybe the farm could be used for a number of projects. probably...the problem here is that VNC'ng KDE over a 56k connect is more than a subtle death. I build locally and then test my stuff...as do most if not all other packagers...and not everyone has high speed connections. Ivan -- ---------------- Ivan E. Moore II [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://snowcrash.tdyc.com GPG KeyID=90BCE0DD GPG Fingerprint=F2FC 69FD 0DA0 4FB8 225E 27B6 7645 8141 90BC E0DD
