On Sat, Jun 4, 2011 at 3:37 PM, Joe Schaefer <joe_schae...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Most of Apache Infrastructure is based on shared resources, and our build > environments are no exception. We currently provide both jenkins and > buildbot > based build systems, and the slaves naturally run jobs for several projects. > > We provide access to Solaris, Linux, FreeBSD, OSX, and a few flavors of > Windows. > > With OO I could see a situation where having dedicated resources for some/all > of the OS's would make sense. The ASF doesn't generally accept targetted > donations > and Infrastructure is long past the days of relying on hardware donations to > survive. We currently have a few machines in the queue that we might be able > to purpose as OO build slaves, but if we need more I'm sure the board won't > mind > approving a budget increase for us to do so. > > In short, just tell us what you think you need resource-wise, and we'll work > with you to sort out the details. The Infrastructure Team is reachable at > infrastructure@a.o, but I'm considering mentoring this podling to help bridge > any gaps.
I think it would be invaluable to OO for you to be a mentor, so I hope you do. Niall > HTH > > > ----- Original Message ---- >> From: "robert_w...@us.ibm.com" <robert_w...@us.ibm.com> >> To: general@incubator.apache.org >> Sent: Sat, June 4, 2011 9:42:54 AM >> Subject: Build machines: external or colocated? >> >> I've heard some valid concerns about hardware resources needed to build >> OpenOffice. Since I just happen to know a company that is in the hardware >> business, I might be able to get them to help out in this department. But >> I wanted to first check on what the possibilities are on the Apache side. >> In particular, does Apache have some way to accept hardware donations and >> have them co-located in your data center, with Apache taking care of >> physical infrastructure, back ups, bandwidth, etc. Is that possible at >> all? Or should I be looking at some way these build machines could be >> hosted externally? How is this ordinarily done at Apache? >> >> Regards, >> >> >> -Rob --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
