[Python-Dev] Vacation and possibly a new bug (original) (raw)

Neal Norwitz neal@metaslash.com
Tue, 22 Jul 2003 16:04:24 -0400

On Tue, Jul 22, 2003 at 03:45:20PM -0400, Guido van Rossum wrote:

[Skip] > > The thought occurred to me the other day that we ought to have a > > table on the website (probably on the Wiki) where people can list > > the kind of systems they have ready access to if they are willing > > to help with some tests. It would make it easier to locate people > > who can "configure ; make ; make test" on more obscure platforms.

Hm, what happened to the snake-farm at Lysator? Aren't they supposed to do exactly this? Is Neal around? I think he's our official rep there.

Here. I was thinking Skip's idea would be bad since I'll be listed for a bunch of platforms. :-)

RedHat 6.2 isn't in the snake farm. Right now, things are in pretty good shape on the snake farm builds (I watch them on a regular basis).

Unfortunately, some of the problems deal with minor OS variations (like a specific patching being applied or not), so even having the "same" version of th OS isn't always enough.

I have access to the following systems: RedHat: 8, 9 Solaris: 8 AIX: 4.2.1.0, 4.3.1.0, 4.3.3.0 HPUX: 11.00 A IRIX: 6.5 DecUNIX, OSF/1, Tru64: 5.0, 5.1

There's also the SF compile farm which has Linux 2.2, Max OSX 10.2, and Solaris 8.

Free testdrive accounts can be setup for various configurations. For example, see http://testdrive.hp.com I've heard there are other accounts offered, but don't know any links.

Neal