[OpenAFS] buildbot and packages

2012-09-13 Thread Ken Dreyer
Would it be feasible or desirable to have Buildbot actually provide install-able packages (eg. RPMs on Linux, MSIs on Windows)? It could help new users confirm yes, this change fixes my bug. - Ken ___ OpenAFS-info mailing list OpenAFS-info@openafs.org

Re: [OpenAFS] buildbot and packages

2012-09-13 Thread Derrick Brashear
we talked about doing it for releases; this would be a generalized case of it possibly, but i can see it becoming a support nightmare. you're running what?? On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 12:21 PM, Ken Dreyer ktdre...@ktdreyer.com wrote: Would it be feasible or desirable to have Buildbot actually

Re: [OpenAFS] buildbot and packages

2012-09-13 Thread Jeffrey Altman
At least on Windows, 'no'. The builders have no access to certificates and private keys necessary for digital signatures and do not build either the documentation nor the installation packages. Building complete installation packages would increase the build time by more than a factor of

Re: [OpenAFS] buildbot and packages

2012-09-13 Thread Jason Edgecombe
Are there any objections to doing this for non-windows platforms? It could be a nightly build. On 09/13/2012 12:35 PM, Derrick Brashear wrote: we talked about doing it for releases; this would be a generalized case of it possibly, but i can see it becoming a support nightmare. you're running

Re: [OpenAFS] buildbot and packages

2012-09-13 Thread Jeffrey Altman
My big concern is that nightly installable builds will be a support nightmare. There are a large number of users that will always take the latest no matter what. I realize there is an argument to be made for users being free to do hang themselves. But I question whether that is what

Re: [OpenAFS] buildbot and packages

2012-09-13 Thread Chaz Chandler
no objection here, esp. if there's anyone out there with the spare time for and interest in testing them. -Original Message- From: ja...@rampaginggeek.com Sent: Thu, 13 Sep 2012 20:21:08 -0400 To: sha...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [OpenAFS] buildbot and packages Are there any

Re: [OpenAFS] buildbot and packages

2012-09-13 Thread Derrick Brashear
if we do that, nightly (not per patch) builds would be better Derrick On Sep 14, 2012, at 0:59, Chaz Chandler cl...@inbox.com wrote: no objection here, esp. if there's anyone out there with the spare time for and interest in testing them. -Original Message- From: