[Python-Dev] Stable build slaves authority (original) (raw)

Stephen Hansen me+python at ixokai.io
Thu Oct 14 00:25:32 CEST 2010

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 VM, I have a hefty 64-bit Win7 Professional instance that I can put a buildslave on. Despite being a VM it gets ownership of two cores and 4 gigs of RAM, so should be plenty fast to handle the load. And I do run it 24/7. So far, we didn't have problems with VMs. 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 Unix one.

Windows always poses its own challenges. :) That's why I have the VM (and three others for older versions of windows, that just aren't on all the time like that one is) to begin with*, for testing out my day-job work.

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 the next few months, so! I'm motivated.

I'll let you know when I have everything installed so you can add a buildslave account.

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Stephen Hansen ... Also: Ixokai ... Mail: me+python (AT) ixokai (DOT) io ... Blog: http://meh.ixokai.io/

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