> From: Jonathan Perkin <jonathan@perkin.org.uk>
> 
> * On 2005-08-25 at 03:58 UTC, Todd Vierling wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, 24 Aug 2005, D'Arcy J.M. Cain wrote:
> > 
> > > >  * no continously running build system apart from the individual
> > > >    efforts of pkgsrc developers
> > >
> > > I would call that a plus.  We aren't dependent on a single tester
> > > and the idiosyncracies of their system.
> > 
> > Really, though, it would be nice to have an *official* continuous
> > bulk build system in place.  Krister and others have been doing a
> > great job kicking them off by hand, but having a continuous rebuild
> > running (in addition to the manual bulk builds) would be a nice
> > thing.
> 
> FWIW I have continuous OS rebuilds and bulk builds running
> automatically for Solaris, which keeps
> 
>   ftp.netbsd.org/pub/pkgsrc/packages/SunOS-5.9/sparc/pkgsrc-2005Q2/
> 
> constantly updated.  I can provide jumpstart scripts for people who
> would like to do similar but yes, I take the point that official,
> centralised resources for this would be great.  It's not ideal that,
> while the primary repository is updated, the builds themselves are
> running on non-TNF hosts.

Please, please  I would :)

Gilles
> 
> After the success of the NetBSD call for donations, it may be worth
> attempting something similar for a pkgsrc build farm.
> 
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