> On 3/22/2012 2:01 PM, Jon wrote: > >> Would it be possible to generate a new automated build for mingw? If > >> I remember correctly the mingw build-bots were down? > > > > Perhaps it's time to rethink the current automated build strategy with an > > eye on dramatic simplification. Something that's less onerous, less > > complex, and more in line with the current project resourcing realities. > > > First, I apologize for not being around enough to fix the buildbot > issues; I never managed to get the bus factor high enough before > effectively disappearing for personal reasons. > > The only real reason to use buildbot for releases of any sort that I > know of was simply to use the slaves. It is quite possible to manually > roll a build identical to the buildbot using the makefile - after all, > buildbot just grabs the copy from (IIRC) svn head anyway. > > Of course, there is no reason to continue using the makefiles if there > are better alternatives; it was chosen to be able to 1) let buildbot > specify a target, and 2) locally build up to a target, and possibly > retry. To be honest, it's a bit ugly - there just didn't seem to be > less-bad alternatives at the time. > > The builds (binaries) themselves were uploaded more as an afterthought - > we already build them, and it might be useful for developer testing. > The (obsolete) plan was to one day let buildbot handle releases (svn > tag) as well; there are bits in the buildbot setup left to try to handle > this, though I suspect it's broken. > > In general: I strongly agree that the current situation isn't very good, > and wish you luck on whatever you can to fix it - I will try to answer > questions, though I suspect my response time might not be awesome. Keep > buildbot or not, just do better than I did ;)
Thanks for the background as it's helpful on many levels. Please don't take my discussion as anything other than trying to investigate options. It's tough to sustain an OSS project over time, and no one wants to feel that scratching their OSS itch has morphed into a support jail sentence, or creosote bush to real life. That's a recipe for burn out and project stagnation. Based upon the replies so far, for me, the issue is closed. Any of my future efforts will focus on (a) submitting pull requests for Ruben's review, and/or (b) submit patches to the existing makefile's based upon my current post-processing of the mingw binary downloads to correct for what I consider usage problems. Jon ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF email is sponsosred by: Try Windows Azure free for 90 days Click Here http://p.sf.net/sfu/sfd2d-msazure _______________________________________________ Mingw-w64-public mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mingw-w64-public
