Re: [Python-Dev] Stable build slaves authority

2010-10-15 Thread Georg Brandl
Am 14.10.2010 18:55, schrieb Antoine Pitrou: On Thu, 14 Oct 2010 08:07:46 +0200 Georg Brandl g.bra...@gmx.net wrote: Very nice. http://www.python.org/dev/buildbot/stable/ is completely green at the moment -- which means that I can now indeed take failures seriously in the future.

Re: [Python-Dev] Stable build slaves authority

2010-10-14 Thread Stephen Hansen
On 10/13/10 10:28 PM, Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven wrote: -On [20101014 00:55], Brian Curtin (brian.cur...@gmail.com) wrote: Correct. There are a few hacky ways to get Express to use the x64 SDK, or so I read. I think Martin meant that you wouldn't need VS Express if you install the

Re: [Python-Dev] Stable build slaves authority

2010-10-14 Thread Georg Brandl
Am 13.10.2010 22:55, schrieb Martin v. Löwis: I have appointed Antoine Pitrou as the authority/manager for which build slave are considered stable. If you want to get a certain slave elevated or demoted, you have to convince him. I would also like to ask release managers to take the stable

Re: [Python-Dev] Stable build slaves authority

2010-10-14 Thread Martin v. Löwis
#python-dev thought that VS express was all that was needed; then here, it seemed to me that Martin said that you needed the full version of VS or perhaps a complex setup with the SDK compiler; but you seem to be interpreting Martin that the SDK provides everything and nothing else is needed.

Re: [Python-Dev] Stable build slaves authority

2010-10-14 Thread Brian Curtin
On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 01:00, Stephen Hansen me+pyt...@ixokai.iome%2bpyt...@ixokai.io wrote: On 10/13/10 10:28 PM, Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven wrote: -On [20101014 00:55], Brian Curtin (brian.cur...@gmail.com) wrote: Correct. There are a few hacky ways to get Express to use the x64 SDK,

Re: [Python-Dev] Stable build slaves authority

2010-10-14 Thread Antoine Pitrou
On Thu, 14 Oct 2010 08:07:46 +0200 Georg Brandl g.bra...@gmx.net wrote: Very nice. http://www.python.org/dev/buildbot/stable/ is completely green at the moment -- which means that I can now indeed take failures seriously in the future. Previously, two of four stables for py3k were not even

[Python-Dev] Stable build slaves authority

2010-10-13 Thread Martin v. Löwis
I have appointed Antoine Pitrou as the authority/manager for which build slave are considered stable. If you want to get a certain slave elevated or demoted, you have to convince him. I would also like to ask release managers to take the stable list serious: test failures in a stable slave should

Re: [Python-Dev] Stable build slaves authority

2010-10-13 Thread Antoine Pitrou
On Wed, 13 Oct 2010 22:55:21 +0200 Martin v. Löwis mar...@v.loewis.de wrote: I have appointed Antoine Pitrou as the authority/manager for which build slave are considered stable. If you want to get a certain slave elevated or demoted, you have to convince him. Thank you Martin! I've added a

Re: [Python-Dev] Stable build slaves authority

2010-10-13 Thread Stephen Hansen
On 10/13/10 2:47 PM, Antoine Pitrou wrote: (you'll notice that we have currently no 64-bit Windows machine although 64-bit support under Windows has specific issues) Provided its not a problem that its a VM, I have a hefty 64-bit Win7 Professional instance that I can put a buildslave on.

Re: [Python-Dev] Stable build slaves authority

2010-10-13 Thread Martin v. Löwis
Am 14.10.2010 00:08, schrieb Stephen Hansen: On 10/13/10 2:47 PM, Antoine Pitrou wrote: (you'll notice that we have currently no 64-bit Windows machine although 64-bit support under Windows has specific issues) Provided its not a problem that its a VM, I have a hefty 64-bit Win7

Re: [Python-Dev] Stable build slaves authority

2010-10-13 Thread Antoine Pitrou
On Wed, 13 Oct 2010 15:08:24 -0700 Stephen Hansen me+pyt...@ixokai.io wrote: On 10/13/10 2:47 PM, Antoine Pitrou wrote: (you'll notice that we have currently no 64-bit Windows machine although 64-bit support under Windows has specific issues) Provided its not a problem that its a VM, I

Re: [Python-Dev] Stable build slaves authority

2010-10-13 Thread Stephen Hansen
On 10/13/10 3:14 PM, Martin v. Löwis wrote: Am 14.10.2010 00:08, schrieb Stephen Hansen: On 10/13/10 2:47 PM, Antoine Pitrou wrote: (you'll notice that we have currently no 64-bit Windows machine although 64-bit support under Windows has specific issues) Provided its not a problem that its a

Re: [Python-Dev] Stable build slaves authority

2010-10-13 Thread Martin v. Löwis
I'll give it a go; I have all the software needed to run the buildbot on it already besides VC Express, which I'm installing now. If ultimately it becomes too much of a pain, I'll go back to just providing the mac. But, I actually have a vested interest in upgrading our Python to 64-bit in

Re: [Python-Dev] Stable build slaves authority

2010-10-13 Thread Stephen Hansen
On 10/13/10 3:42 PM, Martin v. Löwis wrote: I'll give it a go; I have all the software needed to run the buildbot on it already besides VC Express, which I'm installing now. If ultimately it becomes too much of a pain, I'll go back to just providing the mac. But, I actually have a vested

Re: [Python-Dev] Stable build slaves authority

2010-10-13 Thread Brian Curtin
On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 17:42, Martin v. Löwis mar...@v.loewis.de wrote: I'll give it a go; I have all the software needed to run the buildbot on it already besides VC Express, which I'm installing now. If ultimately it becomes too much of a pain, I'll go back to just providing the mac.

Re: [Python-Dev] Stable build slaves authority

2010-10-13 Thread David Bolen
Martin v. Löwis mar...@v.loewis.de writes: Please be aware that Windows poses its own challenges. Often, builds or testsuite runs end up with popup windows, which then hang subsequent builds. You often get dozens of them to click away. So operating a Windows slave is much more tedious than a

Re: [Python-Dev] Stable build slaves authority

2010-10-13 Thread Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven
-On [20101014 00:55], Brian Curtin (brian.cur...@gmail.com) wrote: Correct. There are a few hacky ways to get Express to use the x64 SDK, or so I read. I think Martin meant that you wouldn't need VS Express if you install the Windows SDK, since it provides all the tools in the SDK to build