Hmm, I have a spare desktop, what is needed to turn it into a ci server? It has 2gb ram and is about 5 years old. On Feb 19, 2013 8:25 PM, "Om" <bigosma...@gmail.com> wrote:
> The problem with Apache CI is that there are a lot of restrictions. > Running tests for hours together is not an option. Moreover, since it is > a shared environment, the build servers go down a lot and it takes > weeks/months to get a broken job fixed. > > We need something robust that we can manage ourselves. It does not have to > be a hosted VM, it can as well be someone's unused computer somewhere. One > could theoretically install Jenkins and set up a job to pull every night > and run the tests. I > > In my case, I don't have any spare computers, so I started toying around > with Amazon EC2. If someone can set it up anywhere and let the group know > when things break, that would be a good start. > > Thanks, > Om > > On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 10:17 AM, Christofer Dutz < > christofer.d...@c-ware.de > > wrote: > > > Well I guess no matter what ci system, we would need a server for that. > > Apache uses Jenkins. It was just an assumption, that eventually Jetbrains > > could eventually provide us with one, just fit the sake of > > pre-tested-commits and pre-tested-pull-requests. If it was just for the > > nightly build, Jenkins does just fine. > > > > > > Chris > > > > > > Gesendet mit AquaMail für Android > > http://www.aqua-mail.com > > > > > > Am 19. Februar 2013 17:47:01 schrieb Frédéric THOMAS < > > webdoubl...@hotmail.com>: > > > > It doesn't sound to be worthy guys but as soon as will move on git, as > >> stated Chris, getting teamcity can maybe do the trick. > >> > >> -Fred > >> > >> -----Message d'origine----- > >> From: Nicholas Kwiatkowski > >> Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2013 5:39 PM > >> To: dev@flex.apache.org > >> Subject: Re: Mustella on Amazon EC2 > >> > >> Other costs you need to be aware of are S3/EBS storage and bandwidth. > >> These could equal the amount of the per-hour charge (or more, in some of > >> my cases). It all depends on how much traffic you are sending, and how > >> much you are storing... If you are pulling full builds each night, that > >> could be quite a bit.. > >> > >> -Nick > >> > >> On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 10:58 AM, Erik de Bruin <e...@ixsoftware.nl> > >> wrote: > >> > >> > From [1]: > >> > > >> > Heavy Utilization Reserved Instance (medium size) on a 3 year contract > >> > would mean something like $600 up front and $0.066 per hour. If we run > >> > once a day, and it takes 12 hours to run (guessing here), that would > >> > mean 3*365*12*0.066 = ~ $870. So running the thing for 3 years would > >> > take something like $1500. > >> > > >> > Are there any other costs that this page is neatly hiding (data > >> > transfer, access)? > >> > > >> > If we do a Wikipedia style drive for funds, we should be able to get > >> > that kind of money together, couldn't we? > >> > > >> > EdB > >> > > >> > 1: http://aws.amazon.com/ec2/**pricing/< > http://aws.amazon.com/ec2/pricing/> > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 4:46 PM, Erik de Bruin <e...@ixsoftware.nl> > >> wrote: > >> > > Anyone with experience care to make a guess what a sufficiently > >> > > powerful instance would cost per month? I for one would be willing > to > >> > > donate a couple of dollars (at least) per month to see this happen, > >> > > and I'm sure more people will feel the same way... > >> > > > >> > > EdB > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 3:42 PM, christofer.d...@c-ware.de > >> > > <christofer.d...@c-ware.de> wrote: > >> > >> Well I spoke with > >> > >> Toan Nguyen > >> > >> Enterprise Sales Manager > >> > >> > >> > >> I have no idea if there is anyone we should better contact. > >> > >> All I did was fill out the form on the AWS Sales site. He was the > one > >> > responding to this and this morning we spoke a few minutes. > >> > >> > >> > >> To me it looked as if Amazon wasn't really willing to provide > Medium > >> > Windows instances free of charge. He claimed that Amazon couldn't go > >> > around > >> > giveing away free nodes to everyone (At least this was the essence of > >> what > >> > he told me). > >> > >> Eventaully someone else might think differently. > >> > >> > >> > >> Chris > >> > >> > >> > >> ______________________________**__________ > >> > >> Von: Harbs [gavha...@gmail.com] > >> > >> Gesendet: Dienstag, 19. Februar 2013 13:47 > >> > >> An: dev@flex.apache.org > >> > >> Betreff: Re: Mustella on Amazon EC2 > >> > >> > >> > >> Did you speak to anyone with authority there, or was it just a > canned > >> > response? > >> > >> > >> > >> If anyone has a real contact at AWS, the answer might be > different. I > >> > can't imagine it costs them very much to donate some resources to > Apache > >> > Flex… Anyone have a contact there? > >> > >> > >> > >> I personally use AWS, but not on the scale that I have any real > pull… > >> > >> > >> > >> On Feb 19, 2013, at 10:25 AM, Christofer Dutz wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>> Well unfortunately I don't have good news :-( just tasked to them > >> and > >> > it seems they don't want to do more than give us their 1 year free > >> offer. > >> > Unfortunately that doesn't cover windows and medium sized instances. > >> > >>> > >> > >>> I think a CI nightly build is essential for getting a stable > trunk. > >> > Especially with more and more people contributing and not ruining the > >> > entire test suite. > >> > >>> > >> > >>> Chris > >> > >>> > >> > >>> > >> > >>> Gesendet mit AquaMail für Android > >> > >>> http://www.aqua-mail.com > >> > >>> > >> > >>> > >> > >>> Am 19. Februar 2013 09:04:32 schrieb Om <bigosma...@gmail.com>: > >> > >>>> Chris, > >> > >>>> > >> > >>>> You are awesome! I never thought of contacting them and just > >> asking > >> > :-) > >> > >>>> > >> > >>>> Agree with Justin, it needs to be a Windows instance. > >> > >>>> > >> > >>>> Please let me know how I can help. > >> > >>>> > >> > >>>> Thanks, > >> > >>>> Om > >> > >>>> On Feb 18, 2013 11:02 PM, "Christofer Dutz" < > >> > christofer.d...@c-ware.de> > >> > >>>> wrote: > >> > >>>> > >> > >>>> > Thanks for that info on the needed platform. The good thing > about > >> > an open > >> > >>>> > source project is, that anyone could setup a ci-server and > build > >> > >>>> > the > >> > >>>> > projects trunk. But I'll stick to asking them. We can always > >> decide > >> > on how > >> > >>>> > we do it a soon as we have something do decide about :-) > >> > >>>> > > >> > >>>> > Chris > >> > >>>> > > >> > >>>> > > >> > >>>> > Gesendet mit AquaMail für Android > >> > >>>> > http://www.aqua-mail.com > >> > >>>> > > >> > >>>> > > >> > >>>> > Am 19. Februar 2013 07:52:15 schrieb Justin Mclean < > >> > >>>> > jus...@classsoftware.com>: > >> > >>>> > > >> > >>>> >> Hi, > >> > >>>> >> > >> > >>>> >> Nice one. Not sure if Apache policy would have an impact on > >> this, > >> > as > >> > >>>> >> we're not externally hosting anything or the list just using > it > >> as > >> > a test > >> > >>>> >> server I can't see any obvious issues but they do like to keep > >> > everything > >> > >>>> >> in house (for legal and other reasons). > >> > >>>> >> > >> > >>>> >> > I was intending on asking for a medium Windows machine (or > >> > bigger) ... > >> > >>>> >> if however Windows is not a must, I could try to get from them > >> > what they > >> > >>>> >> are willing to give in Linux ;-) > >> > >>>> >> > >> > >>>> >> Currently as the SDK only compiles on windows (or OSX) and the > >> > tests only > >> > >>>> >> run in the Flash Projector it really has to be windows (or > OSX). > >> > >>>> >> > >> > >>>> >> Justin > >> > >>>> >> > >> > >>>> >> > >> > >>>> >> > >> > >>>> > > >> > >>>> > > >> > >>> > >> > >>> > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > -- > >> > > Ix Multimedia Software > >> > > > >> > > Jan Luykenstraat 27 > >> > > 3521 VB Utrecht > >> > > > >> > > T. 06-51952295 > >> > > I. www.ixsoftware.nl > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > -- > >> > Ix Multimedia Software > >> > > >> > Jan Luykenstraat 27 > >> > 3521 VB Utrecht > >> > > >> > T. 06-51952295 > >> > I. www.ixsoftware.nl > >> > > >> > >> > > > > >
