Sure, if you can ask him.

Maurice

-----Message d'origine-----
De : Alex Harui [mailto:aha...@adobe.com] 
Envoyé : mardi 10 décembre 2013 20:26
À : dev@flex.apache.org
Objet : Re: [Builds/Jenkins] Help and advise needed

Might be simpler just to ask Gavin to run the tool?

On 12/10/13 11:12 AM, "Maurice Amsellem" <maurice.amsel...@systar.com>
wrote:

>There is a utility in pixel bender toolkit directory called 
>"sniffer_gpu.exe" that check the presence and version of OpenGL:
>
>Console output on my laptop is below:
>
>C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Adobe Utilities - CS5\Pixel Bender Toolkit
>2>sniffer_gpu.exe
>Device: 0058A9F4 has video RAM(MB): 512
>Vendor string:    NVIDIA Corporation
>Renderer string:  NVS 4200M/PCI/SSE2
>Version string:   3.0.0
>
>OpenGL version as determined by Extensionator...
>OpenGL Version 3.0
>Has NPOT support: TRUE
>Has Framebuffer Obeject Extension support: TRUE Completed shader test!
>Return code: 7
>
>Maybe we could temporarily modify the build to run this utility and 
>show the output on the b.a.o vm.
>
>WDYT ?
>
>Maurice
>
>-----Message d'origine-----
>De : Alex Harui [mailto:aha...@adobe.com] Envoyé : mardi 10 décembre 
>2013 18:15 À : dev@flex.apache.org Objet : Re: [Builds/Jenkins] Help 
>and advise needed
>
>I don't think we actually know the cause of the problem.  I am going to 
>continue to spend cycles to try to find out though.
>
>It would be nice to have an alternative to builds.a.o.  I'm not sure if 
>it will cost Om money to run a builds server.
>
>-Alex
>
>On 12/10/13 2:01 AM, "Maurice Amsellem" <maurice.amsel...@systar.com>
>wrote:
>
>>I understand that.
>>
>>Actually, my "understanding" on this issue was that pixel bender 
>>compiler required some sort of hardware configuration (OpenGL, etc...) 
>>that were not present on the b.a.o. new Windows Jenkins slave node, so 
>>that's why the build was failing,  and the Apache Infra was reluctant 
>>to let us modify anything, or even access the VM ourselves.
>>So that's why I was proposing a "software only" solution.
>>
>>Now, it seems from what Om is saying that we can set up and use our 
>>own Jenkins slave node VM.
>>
>>That, of course, is much preferable...
>>
>>Maurice
>>
>>-----Message d'origine-----
>>De : Erik de Bruin [mailto:e...@ixsoftware.nl] Envoyé : mardi 10 
>>décembre 2013 10:44 À : dev@flex.apache.org Objet : Re:
>>[Builds/Jenkins] Help and advise needed
>>
>>Maurice,
>>
>>Your help is very much appreciated!
>>
>>I put "legal" in quotes, the issue is not really one of the law, more 
>>of the rules. An Apache release is supposed to be 'source only', and 
>>we if we can produce needed binaries from source, we keep only the 
>>source, not the artefacts themselves in the repo.
>>
>>
>>EdB
>>
>>
>>
>>On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 10:34 AM, Maurice Amsellem 
>><maurice.amsel...@systar.com> wrote:
>>>>In addition to the various "legal" issues with binaries in the repo.
>>> I understand it's not a good idea to have binaries in the repo, so I 
>>>won't insist.
>>> But please can you explain what are the legal issues of having 
>>>binaries in the repo?  Is this because of Adobe, or ASF rules ?
>>>
>>> On a side note, I was just trying to help, with my limited 
>>> understanding and knowledge, and because the email thread was titled 
>>> "help and advise needed" ;-)
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Maurice
>>>
>>> -----Message d'origine-----
>>> De : Erik de Bruin [mailto:e...@ixsoftware.nl] Envoyé : mardi 10 
>>> décembre 2013 09:12 À : dev@flex.apache.org Objet : Re:
>>> [Builds/Jenkins] Help and advise needed
>>>
>>> In addition to the various "legal" issues with binaries in the repo, 
>>>we'd be masking the cause of this failure. In order to prevent 
>>>further deterioration of the build process, we need to figure out 
>>>what went wrong and fix it.
>>>
>>> EdB
>>>
>>> PS. Thanks for leaving the keyboard on the Mustella VM set to FR...
>>> Took me while to figure out that I hadn't gone insane or if my 
>>> keyboard was broken ;-)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 9:04 AM, Maurice Amsellem 
>>><maurice.amsel...@systar.com> wrote:
>>>>> someone who does use the pbj's will grab the nightly and complain.
>>>>
>>>> I don't understand.
>>>> Why would someone complain if the pbj's are in the nightly?
>>>>
>>>> [From the other emai]
>>>>>Apache repos aren't supposed to contain compiled code.  The pbj 
>>>>>files were removed during the initial release audit.
>>>>>I don't think a workaround can involve checking in the pbj files.
>>>>>But we could borrow them from a prior release package temporarily.
>>>>
>>>>>So we could make the compilation conditional on a env parameter, 
>>>>>and set that in the Jenkins job accordingly?
>>>>>Yes but ...
>>>>
>>>> Alex, the conversation is getting out synch, so I am not sure that 
>>>>I have understood what you said.
>>>>
>>>> So can we include the pbj in the repo, and have a parameter to 
>>>>conditionally compile the pbj ?
>>>> - This parameter would be set by default to do the compilation (so 
>>>>that folks can recompile)
>>>> - and turned off on the b.a.o vm, with pre-compiled pbj's.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Maurice
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>>
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>>> 3521 VB Utrecht
>>>
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>>
>>
>>
>>--
>>Ix Multimedia Software
>>
>>Jan Luykenstraat 27
>>3521 VB Utrecht
>>
>>T. 06-51952295
>>I. www.ixsoftware.nl
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