Occassionally a commit that breaks the build gets merged into qemu.git/master. Build testing manually across all host platforms is not feasible for most developers. Remember we cover 32- and 64-bit x86 Linux, Windows, and other host platforms. There are factors like compile time but the main problem is that few have access to all host platforms.
This can be solved with automated builds. If a build fails, the mailing list or maintainers are notified. This doesn't excuse developers from build testing on platforms they have access to, but it helps reduce the window of time between a broken commit going in and it being noticed. Buildbot is a continuous integration system that can be used to guard qemu.git/master. For details see http://trac.buildbot.net/wiki/AboutBuildbot. If there is a host platform you care about, please consider running a buildslave. A buildslave is a machine capable of performing automated builds and reporting results. Buildslaves do not require public IP addresses and it's up to you whether you want to run it all the time or not. I'm volunteering to set up and maintain a buildbot for qemu.git/master. I will send out a link to the build status page once it has been set up. Daniel: I believe you run a buildbot for KVM. Are you willing to extend that setup to qemu.git/master? I wanted to ask in case it makes sense to combine the two. Stefan
