Am 23.07.2015 um 16:03 schrieb Dale Harvey:
> We cant distribute these builds to potential contributors, I dont see
> much value in them being kept, I think maybe 2/3 people I know of used
> them for a while and even they ended up running their own build server.

I see. Thanks for clarifying. In my answer I mixed up automated builds
and automated testing a bit. I always thought they somehow depend on
each other.

>
> There is work being done for builds that we can distribute (blob free)
> and hopefully we can get an active community around those and not see
> older devices bitrot
>
> On 23 July 2015 at 15:45, Thomas Zimmermann <[email protected]
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>
>     Hi
>
>     Am 23.07.2015 um 15:17 schrieb Ryan VanderMeulen:
>     > We run regular builds in automation for the Nexus 4 and Nexus 5. Is
>     > anybody still using these or can we safely turn them off? If we want
>     > them still, we should probably get them running on Taskcluster
>     at this
>     > point.
>
>     I don't use my Nexus 4 on a regular base, but I wouldn't like them to
>     slowly bit-rot.
>
>      * They are very easy to use for full-stack development, so
>     contributors
>     might depend on them.
>
>      * I have a power harness for the Nexus 4.
>
>      * I occasionally use the Nexus 4 for testing JB compatibility.
>
>     If we ever want to deliver updates directly from Mozilla, we need a
>     strategy for testing all the older devices. I'd like to encourage the
>     creation of a set of legacy devices that consists of such older
>     hardware. Anything that is considered 'legacy' would get the full
>     set of
>     automated tests with m-c on master once per week. This way we can spot
>     problems in a timely manner without overloading our test
>     infrastructure.
>
>     Best regards
>     Thomas
>
>     >
>     > -Ryan
>     >
>     >
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