I'm pretty sure he means one extra machine. For example, if you have a laptop and a desktop, just adding the desktop into the network at home will still dramatically improve build times (I think).
On Mon, Jul 4, 2016 at 5:12 PM, Gijs Kruitbosch <gijskruitbo...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 04/07/2016 22:06, Benoit Girard wrote: > >> So to emphasize, if you compile a lot and only have one or two machines >> on your 100mps or 1gbps LAN you'll still see big benefits. >> > > I don't understand how this benefits anyone with just one machine (that's > compatible...) - there's no other machines to delegate compile tasks to (or > to fetch prebuilt blobs from). Can you clarify? Do you just mean "one extra > machine"? Am I misunderstanding how this works? > > ~ Gijs > > > >> On Mon, Jul 4, 2016 at 4:39 PM, Gijs Kruitbosch <gijskruitbo...@gmail.com >> > >> wrote: >> >> What about people not lucky enough to (regularly) work in an office, >>> including but not limited to our large number of volunteers? Do we intend >>> to set up something public for people to use? >>> >>> ~ Gijs >>> >>> >>> On 04/07/2016 20:09, Michael Layzell wrote: >>> >>> If you saw the platform lightning talk by Jeff and Ehsan in London, you >>>> will know that in the Toronto office, we have set up a distributed >>>> compiler >>>> called `icecc`, which allows us to perform a clobber build of >>>> mozilla-central in around 3:45. After some work, we have managed to get >>>> it >>>> so that macOS computers can also dispatch cross-compiled jobs to the >>>> network, have streamlined the macOS install process, and have refined >>>> the >>>> documentation some more. >>>> >>>> If you are in the Toronto office, and running a macOS or Linux machine, >>>> getting started using icecream is as easy as following the instructions >>>> on >>>> the wiki: >>>> >>>> >>>> https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Developer_guide/Using_Icecream >>>> >>>> If you are in another office, then I suggest that your office starts an >>>> icecream cluster! Simply choose one linux desktop in the office, run the >>>> scheduler on it, and put its IP in the Wiki, then everyone can connect >>>> to >>>> the network and get fast builds! >>>> >>>> If you have questions, myself, BenWa, and jeff are probably the ones to >>>> talk to. >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>> dev-platform mailing list >>> dev-platform@lists.mozilla.org >>> https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-platform >>> >>> > _______________________________________________ > dev-platform mailing list > dev-platform@lists.mozilla.org > https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-platform > _______________________________________________ dev-platform mailing list dev-platform@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-platform
