llvm dev - Oct 2011 - [LLVMdev] [cfe-dev] Release: Two Weeks 'Til 3.0 Branch

On Oct 7, 2011, at 1:29 AM, John Wiegley wrote:
>>>>>> Duncan Sands <baldrick at free.fr> writes:
> 
>> If we had a larger set of volunteers that could help qualify releases
AND
>> buildbots to continuously test the new release criteria, then we are
willing
>> to expand this criteria. We haven't had a lot of volunteers step up
in this
>> area though.
> 
> Just to note, BoostPro has already expressed a willing to run some BuildBot
to
> do Windows testing.  I'm not sure it met with much response, though.
I do not know the history here, but I do not see a problem with you setting up a
buildbot. Did someone specifically object?

However, buildbots do require that someone is actively watching them and helping
if breakage occurs (ie. developers may not have access to a windows box to
reproduce). I think more testing in this area is always good, especially since
Windows is not really supported for releases.. its a step in that direction if
we have people to support it.

Thanks,
Tanya
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>>>>> Tanya Lattner <lattner at apple.com> writes:
> I do not know the history here, but I do not see a problem with you setting
> up a buildbot. Did someone specifically object?
I think it was simply that no one responded.
> However, buildbots do require that someone is actively watching them and
> helping if breakage occurs (ie. developers may not have access to a windows
> box to reproduce). I think more testing in this area is always good,
> especially since Windows is not really supported for releases.. its a step
> in that direction if we have people to support it.
We already do daily builds in Windows, and we have an "upstream"
BuildBot for
Windows with Visual Studio 2008.  Or we may have disabled it because it kept
breaking.  Dave knows better what the current status is, and if we have the
resources to pay as much attention to it as may be needed.

John

on Fri Oct 07 2011, John Wiegley <jwiegley-AT-gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> Tanya Lattner <lattner at apple.com> writes:
>
>> I do not know the history here, but I do not see a problem with you
setting
>> up a buildbot. Did someone specifically object?
>
> I think it was simply that no one responded.
Not quite.  I wasn't able to get Daniel Dunbar's attention when he was
doing this, and David Dean told us to wait because he wasn't ready for
us, and then never followed up afterwards.  I have enclosed the last
communication I could find about this in my email.
>> However, buildbots do require that someone is actively watching them
and
>> helping if breakage occurs (ie. developers may not have access to a
windows
>> box to reproduce). I think more testing in this area is always good,
>> especially since Windows is not really supported for releases.. its a
step
>> in that direction if we have people to support it.
>
> We already do daily builds in Windows, and we have an "upstream"
> BuildBot for Windows with Visual Studio 2008.  Or we may have disabled
> it because it kept breaking.
No, it's still running.
> Dave knows better what the current status is, and if we have the
> resources to pay as much attention to it as may be needed.
I'm sure we can manage it, especially if someone else will at least try
to fix the obvious problems before we have to do it.

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