And now it works :-) , but intermittently :-(.

Jon

On 21 June 2015 at 06:59, Jon Wolfers <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi Rene,
>
> I am also really impressed and hope that we can find people who can
> contribute machine time.
>
> This morning the build.netrexx.org link brings up a Jenkins dashboard
> (with both netrexx and ooRexx builds), but the build.ooRexx.org link
> returns "An internal server error occurred. Please try again later."
> though with the Jenkins favIcon.
>
> hopefully a temporary glitch.
>
> Jon
>
> On 20 June 2015 at 23:47, Erich Steinböck <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> René, seeing the Jenkins stuff on build.oorexx.org, I can only say: what
>> you have done is absolutely amazing!  Thanks!!
>>
>> Regarding the built images: where would we find those?
>>
>> Erich
>>
>> On Sat, Jun 20, 2015 at 7:57 PM, René Jansen <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> In the past few weeks there have been some improvements in the automatic
>>> building of Rexx source. There is a Jenkins instance, reachable via
>>> build.netrexx.org and build.oorexx.org, which coordinates the activity.
>>> Jenkins is a tool for Continuous Integration, which can run build and test
>>> jobs, preserve the output and make it visible, and act upon the results. We
>>> distinguish two types of activity, which is a rebuild of the system
>>> (netrexx or oorexx) on every commit, on the various platforms, and a
>>> once-a-day rebuild from scratch, which includes making a distribution
>>> package and running all tests, and rebuilding the documentation. In the
>>> near future, we will also keep performance baselines, so we can see if a
>>> change has regressed these for a specific platform.
>>>
>>> In this manner, the “build machine” has become a distributed process in
>>> which one coordinating image farms out work to build nodes. This is visible
>>> at the above mentioned locations. At the moment, we have six nodes, which
>>> all have their own role and can build different parts of our products.
>>>
>>> I want to invite you to have a look and to think about whether you, or a
>>> company you are affiliated to, can contribute to this setup, or not. What
>>> we need at the moment are (machines that are up and running, and reachable,
>>> or at least up at a predictable timeframe for us to schedule the jobs). If
>>> you have such a machine, and can make a separate userid for RexxLA, we can
>>> schedule building activity on it. At the moment, the most urgent need is
>>> for the various types of MS-Windows, and the current Linux versions. Dave
>>> Woodman has come forward to contribute the first Linux with OpenJDK image,
>>> and we are very thankful for this.
>>>
>>> Also, I have setup a push message facility so a committer (and other
>>> interested parties) can be informed of breaking builds or failing tests, by
>>> email or phone alerts.
>>>
>>> There is enough work to be done. If you want to participate, for example
>>> by donating machine time, or help to set up the right testing jobs, please
>>> be in touch. I will follow up with detailed requirements for work to be
>>> done for different platforms, and I will be revisiting the oorexx.org (and
>>> netrexx.org) websites to contain the results of the jobs fired off by
>>> the build machine, so both products will have nightly builds and fresh
>>> documentation.
>>>
>>> We have a small group focusing on building oorexx already, so only
>>> donating machine time on platforms we need is fine. Send me a private email
>>> to discuss the details.
>>>
>>> best regards,
>>>
>>> René Jansen.
>>>
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