Re: [Zope3-dev] A Call for Slaves

2005-09-28 Thread Chris Withers
Tim Peters wrote: Sorry, I don't have spare time to search for you. But you provided exactly what I needed ;-) thanks Tim! cheers, Chris -- Simplistix - Content Management, Zope Python Consulting - http://www.simplistix.co.uk ___

Re: [Zope3-dev] A Call for Slaves

2005-09-27 Thread Chris Withers
Tim Peters wrote: As a result, nobody uses Standard editions for serious development. The lowest (cheapest) level at which they include an optimizing compiler is usually named the Professional edition. Urg, can you provide just a link to a product name for the 6.0 and 7.0 versions? I'll then

Re: [Zope3-dev] A Call for Slaves

2005-09-27 Thread Tim Peters
[Tim Peters, on MS compilers] As a result, nobody uses Standard editions for serious development. The lowest (cheapest) level at which they include an optimizing compiler is usually named the Professional edition. [Chris Withers] Urg, can you provide just a link to a product name for the 6.0

Re: [Zope3-dev] A Call for Slaves

2005-09-27 Thread Werner Schiendl
On 9/27/05, Tim Peters [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [Tim Peters, on MS compilers] As a result, nobody uses Standard editions for serious development. The lowest (cheapest) level at which they include an optimizing compiler is usually named the Professional edition. [Chris Withers] Urg, can

Re: [Zope3-dev] A Call for Slaves

2005-09-26 Thread Chris Withers
Tim Peters wrote: [Chris Withers] Oh, sorry, I meant how do you select the right version of VC++? You don't; distutils does; if you use a Python 2.3 on Windows, its distutils will use VC6 to compile C extensions; if you use a Python 2.4 on Windows, its distutils will use VC7. It's all

Re: [Zope3-dev] A Call for Slaves

2005-09-26 Thread Tim Peters
[Chris Withers] So, are these two what I'm after for 6 and 7 respectively? http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B4U6ZC/qid=1127557337/sr=1-4/ref=sr_1_3_4/026-8900047-5040402 http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B89GKV/qid=1127557337/sr=2-1/ref=sr_2_3_1/026-8900047-5040402

Re: [Zope3-dev] A Call for Slaves

2005-09-16 Thread Chris Withers
Tim Peters wrote: How would you do what manually? Install all the versions of Python you care about on Windows, and build Zope using the version of Python you want to test with. For example, \Python23\python setup.py build_ext -i install_data --install-dir . \Python23\python test.py

Re: [Zope3-dev] A Call for Slaves

2005-09-16 Thread Chris Withers
Benji York wrote: It's running the tests, that's what we're interested in. Ah, okay, but could we also use the buildbot model to build binary distros for various platforms? As a side issue, what's the security setup like? How do you control who can set up a slave and, as such, who gets to

Re: [Zope3-dev] A Call for Slaves

2005-09-16 Thread Tim Peters
[Chris Withers] Oh, sorry, I meant how do you select the right version of VC++? You don't; distutils does; if you use a Python 2.3 on Windows, its distutils will use VC6 to compile C extensions; if you use a Python 2.4 on Windows, its distutils will use VC7. It's all driven by which Python you

Re: [Zope3-dev] A Call for Slaves

2005-09-13 Thread Chris Withers
Tim Peters wrote: BTW, Microsoft no longer sells VC6. Indeed, this was my understanding... Nevertheless, does anyone know how to legally get hold of these? (Hmmm... I work in amoungst a horde of MS developers here, maybe one of them will know...) Also, how can I build both 2.3 and 2.4

Re: [Zope3-dev] A Call for Slaves

2005-09-13 Thread Benji York
Chris Withers wrote: Tim Peters wrote: Or you can fetch the compiled .pyds from my member page, as the current Windows build-bot slaves do (see the wget PYDs log and unzip PYDs log steps from the Windows 2000 fred-win column at http://buildbot.zope.org/). Sorry, just re-read this, now I'm

Re: [Zope3-dev] A Call for Slaves

2005-09-13 Thread Tim Peters
[Tim Peters] BTW, Microsoft no longer sells VC6. [Chris Withers] Indeed, this was my understanding... Nevertheless, does anyone know how to legally get hold of these? (Hmmm... I work in amoungst a horde of MS developers here, maybe one of them will know...) Go to

Re: [Zope3-dev] A Call for Slaves

2005-09-12 Thread Chris Withers
Hi Benji, Benji York wrote: I've attached a self-extracting file with what you need to get started. What is it exactly? I'm not sure I like the idea of running .exe's that have been emailed to me ;-) Windows slaves should be run on a machine that is not used interactively (because of CPU

Re: [Zope3-dev] A Call for Slaves

2005-09-12 Thread Tim Peters
... [Chris Withers] Where do I get either of those versions of VC++ from? [Benji York] You can purchase them wherever fine Microsoft products are sold. Or you can fetch the compiled .pyds from my member page, as the current Windows build-bot slaves do (see the wget PYDs log and unzip PYDs log

Re: [Zope3-dev] A Call for Slaves

2005-09-08 Thread Chris Withers
Benji York wrote: This is what you need: * a machine that is always on and has connectivity * Subversion so you can check out the source * Python (2.3 or 2.4) * BuildBot * Twisted (a BuildBot dependency) Yep, I can do all that for Win32... Now I just need a how-to to get me going ;-)

Re: [Zope3-dev] A Call for Slaves

2005-09-08 Thread Benji York
Chris Withers wrote: Now I just need a how-to to get me going ;-) Real Soon Now (tm). Oh cool, so buildbot notices changes to a branch, checks it out, builds it, runs tests? Anything else it does? It can run any command as a of step (in BB parlance). It also has several specialized steps