Re: [Python-Dev] EC2 buildslaves

2009-11-02 Thread Jesse Noller
On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 8:06 AM, Antoine Pitrou wrote: > >> OTOH, that isn't that expensive (compared to the other PSF expenses), >> plus people keep donating money, so when we say what we use it for, >> there may be a larger return than just the test results. >> >> OTTH, the same could be achieved

Re: [Python-Dev] EC2 buildslaves

2009-11-02 Thread Antoine Pitrou
> OTOH, that isn't that expensive (compared to the other PSF expenses), > plus people keep donating money, so when we say what we use it for, > there may be a larger return than just the test results. > > OTTH, the same could be achieved by buying a hosted server elsewhere. One advantage of a re

Re: [Python-Dev] EC2 buildslaves

2009-11-02 Thread Martin v. Löwis
> An always-on "small" EC2 instance is at least 500$ a year, with a small > storage cost added to that. OTOH, that isn't that expensive (compared to the other PSF expenses), plus people keep donating money, so when we say what we use it for, there may be a larger return than just the test results.

Re: [Python-Dev] EC2 buildslaves

2009-11-02 Thread Antoine Pitrou
Le lundi 02 novembre 2009 à 07:42 -0500, sstein...@gmail.com a écrit : > > If you could send me the script that you used to set it up, I could > give it a shot on RackSpace where it's cheaper (and I have a temporary > developer account). There's no need for a special script, really. Install P

Re: [Python-Dev] EC2 buildslaves

2009-11-02 Thread sstein...@gmail.com
On Nov 2, 2009, at 6:30 AM, Antoine Pitrou wrote: twistedmatrix.com> writes: Starting with a mainstream distro doesn't seem like a bad idea. For example, there isn't currently a 32bit Ubuntu (any version) slave. That would be a nice gap to fill in, right? I've setup a buildslave on an

Re: [Python-Dev] EC2 buildslaves

2009-11-02 Thread Antoine Pitrou
Le lundi 02 novembre 2009 à 13:31 +0100, "Martin v. Löwis" a écrit : > > There was discussion that an EC2 instance can be turned on only when > needed, so we could try to set up something like that (the build master > could then trigger activation of the machine, IIUC). However, it might > be that

Re: [Python-Dev] EC2 buildslaves

2009-11-02 Thread Martin v. Löwis
> I've setup a buildslave on an EC2 Ubuntu Karmic instance here: > http://www.python.org/dev/buildbot/all/buildslaves/pitrou-ubuntu > > However, since it's right now billed on my credit card, I'll shut it down in a > couple of days. I wonder how we can get the PSF to be billed instead of me, if >

Re: [Python-Dev] EC2 buildslaves

2009-11-02 Thread Antoine Pitrou
twistedmatrix.com> writes: > > Starting with a mainstream distro doesn't seem like a bad idea. For > example, there isn't currently a 32bit Ubuntu (any version) slave. That > would be a nice gap to fill in, right? I've setup a buildslave on an EC2 Ubuntu Karmic instance here: http://www.pyth

Re: [Python-Dev] EC2 buildslaves

2009-11-01 Thread exarkun
On 31 Oct, 08:13 pm, solip...@pitrou.net wrote: Martin v. L�wis v.loewis.de> writes: Not sure whether it's still relevant after the offers of individually donated hardware. We'll see, indeed. However, if you want to look into this, feel free to set up EC2 slaves. I only know to setup main

[Python-Dev] EC2 buildslaves

2009-10-31 Thread Antoine Pitrou
Martin v. Löwis v.loewis.de> writes: > > Not sure whether it's still relevant after the offers of individually > donated hardware. We'll see, indeed. > However, if you want to look into this, feel free to > set up EC2 slaves. I only know to setup mainstream Linux distros though (Debian- or Red