Friends The nightly-build infrastructure for GHC is in disarray, and we could really do with help. We really want * Continuous integration so that new test failures show up fast * Nightly builds on a variety of platforms, giving snapshots that are easy to install
Originally we used Buildbot (http://buildbot.net/). Then in 2010 Ian Lynagh put a lot of work into a build-bot infrastructure, implemented in Haskell as an open-source project, GHC Builder (https://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/Builder). See https://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/Status/Apr10#Nightlybuilds for the reasoning at the time. As I understand it, Builder never "caught fire", and now that Ian has moved on I don't know that anyone is maintaining it; nor are the various builders working so far as I know. Perhaps competing technology has moved on, so that the original rationale no longer holds? I'm not sure. Regardless, we lack leadership in this area. Joachim Breitner has set up Travis-CI. (I don't know exactly what that is, but it sounds useful.) Others have indicated interest/willingness. But it would be fantastic to have a person, or (more plausibly) a small group who assumed leadership. An early question would be: to continue to use a DIY system (Builder), or to move to some other better-supported (but perhaps less malleable) system. I don't even know what the options are. Others will be better informed than me about all this... we'd love to hear from you. Thank you! Simon | -----Original Message----- | From: Glasgow-haskell-users [mailto:glasgow-haskell-users- | boun...@haskell.org] On Behalf Of harry | Sent: 01 April 2014 08:42 | To: glasgow-haskell-users@haskell.org | Subject: Buildbots | | It having been suggested that a buildbot for Windows may be needed, and | it | being possible that I may receive permission from management for setting | one | up in my department's server room, I set about attempting to discover | what | this actually entails. | | A Google search led me to https://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/BuildBot, | which tells me that "Buildbot is currently down, and we are working on a | replacement. See Builder for more details." If I follow the 'down' link , | I | get to the GHC status April 2010 page, which says that buildbot has been | abandoned, suggesting that the page should be deleted. Could someone | confirm | before I go ahead and delete it? | | The Builder page has clear instructions on how to set up a build slave, | and | a link to the build results. The build results contains an assortment of | dud | links and builds from August and earlier. | | What is the current state of automated builds? | | | | -- | View this message in context: | http://haskell.1045720.n5.nabble.com/Buildbots-tp5746770.html | Sent from the Haskell - Glasgow-haskell-users mailing list archive at | Nabble.com. | _______________________________________________ | Glasgow-haskell-users mailing list | Glasgow-haskell-users@haskell.org | http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/glasgow-haskell-users _______________________________________________ Glasgow-haskell-users mailing list Glasgow-haskell-users@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/glasgow-haskell-users
