From: "nobody" <nobody@nowhere.near.here>
Subject: Re: Build farm
Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2003 17:17:26 -0000
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To: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org

Just a thought. You could also run the regression test automatically after a
successful build?

"Andrew Dunstan" <andrew@dunslane.net> wrote in message
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>
>
> Jean-Michel POURE wrote:
>
> >Le Vendredi 21 Novembre 2003 19:47, Tom Lane a écrit :
> >
> >
> >>I think the main value of a build farm is that we'd get nearly immediate
> >>feedback about the majority of simple porting problems.  Your previous
> >>arguments that it wouldn't smoke everything out are certainly valid ---
> >>but we wouldn't abandon the regression tests just because they don't
> >>find everything.  Immediate feedback is good because a patch can be
> >>fixed while it's still fresh in the author's mind.
> >>
> >>
> >
> >Dear friends,
> >
> >We have a small build farm for pgAdmin covering Win32, FreeBSD and most
GNU/
> >Linux systems. See http://www.pgadmin.org/pgadmin3/download.php#snapshots
> >
> >The advantage are immediate feedback and correction of problems. Also, in
a
> >release cycle, developers and translators are quite motivated to see
their
> >work published fast.
> >
> >Of course, it is always hard to "mesure" the real impact of a build farm.
My
> >opinion it that it is quite positive, as it helps tighten the links
between
> >people, which is free software is mostly about.
> >
> >
> >
>
> Right. But I think we have been talking about using the build farm to do
> test builds rather than to provide snapshots. I'd be very wary of
> providing arbitrary snapshots of postgres, whereas I'd be prepared to
> try a snapshot of pgadmin3 under certain circumstances. (Also, building
> your own snapshot of postgres is somewhat easier than building your own
> snapshot of pgadmin3).
>
> cheers
>
> andrew
>
>
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