Re: [Python-Dev] Stable build slaves authority

2010-10-15 Thread Georg Brandl
Am 14.10.2010 18:55, schrieb Antoine Pitrou: > On Thu, 14 Oct 2010 08:07:46 +0200 > Georg Brandl wrote: >> >> Very nice. http://www.python.org/dev/buildbot/stable/ is completely >> green at the moment -- which means that I can now indeed take failures >> seriously in the future. Previously, two

Re: [Python-Dev] Stable build slaves authority

2010-10-14 Thread Antoine Pitrou
On Thu, 14 Oct 2010 08:07:46 +0200 Georg Brandl wrote: > > Very nice. http://www.python.org/dev/buildbot/stable/ is completely > green at the moment -- which means that I can now indeed take failures > seriously in the future. Previously, two of four "stables" for py3k > were not even connected

Re: [Python-Dev] Stable build slaves authority

2010-10-14 Thread Brian Curtin
On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 01:00, Stephen Hansen > wrote: > On 10/13/10 10:28 PM, Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven wrote: > > -On [20101014 00:55], Brian Curtin (brian.cur...@gmail.com) wrote: > >> Correct. There are a few hacky ways to get Express to use the x64 SDK, > or so I > >> read. > > > > I thi

Re: [Python-Dev] Stable build slaves authority

2010-10-14 Thread Martin v. Löwis
> #python-dev thought that VS express was all that was needed; then here, > it seemed to me that Martin said that you needed the full version of VS > or perhaps a complex setup with the SDK compiler; but you seem to be > interpreting Martin that the SDK provides everything and nothing else is > nee

Re: [Python-Dev] Stable build slaves authority

2010-10-13 Thread Georg Brandl
Am 13.10.2010 22:55, schrieb "Martin v. Löwis": > I have appointed Antoine Pitrou as the authority/manager > for which build slave are considered stable. If you want > to get a certain slave elevated or demoted, you have to > convince him. > > I would also like to ask release managers to take the

Re: [Python-Dev] Stable build slaves authority

2010-10-13 Thread Stephen Hansen
On 10/13/10 10:28 PM, Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven wrote: > -On [20101014 00:55], Brian Curtin (brian.cur...@gmail.com) wrote: >> Correct. There are a few hacky ways to get Express to use the x64 SDK, or so >> I >> read. > > I think Martin meant that you wouldn't need VS Express if you install t

Re: [Python-Dev] Stable build slaves authority

2010-10-13 Thread Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven
-On [20101014 00:55], Brian Curtin (brian.cur...@gmail.com) wrote: >Correct. There are a few hacky ways to get Express to use the x64 SDK, or so I >read. I think Martin meant that you wouldn't need VS Express if you install the Windows SDK, since it provides all the tools in the SDK to build Pytho

Re: [Python-Dev] Stable build slaves authority

2010-10-13 Thread David Bolen
"Martin v. Löwis" writes: > 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. Fo

Re: [Python-Dev] Stable build slaves authority

2010-10-13 Thread Brian Curtin
On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 17:42, "Martin v. Löwis" wrote: > > 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 act

Re: [Python-Dev] Stable build slaves authority

2010-10-13 Thread Stephen Hansen
On 10/13/10 3:42 PM, "Martin v. Löwis" wrote: >> 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 ves

Re: [Python-Dev] Stable build slaves authority

2010-10-13 Thread Martin v. Löwis
> 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 > i

Re: [Python-Dev] Stable build slaves authority

2010-10-13 Thread Stephen Hansen
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 prob

Re: [Python-Dev] Stable build slaves authority

2010-10-13 Thread Antoine Pitrou
On Wed, 13 Oct 2010 15:08:24 -0700 Stephen Hansen wrote: > 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-

Re: [Python-Dev] Stable build slaves authority

2010-10-13 Thread Martin v. Löwis
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 > Prof

Re: [Python-Dev] Stable build slaves authority

2010-10-13 Thread 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. Despi

Re: [Python-Dev] Stable build slaves authority

2010-10-13 Thread Antoine Pitrou
On Wed, 13 Oct 2010 22:55:21 +0200 "Martin v. Löwis" wrote: > I have appointed Antoine Pitrou as the authority/manager > for which build slave are considered stable. If you want > to get a certain slave elevated or demoted, you have to > convince him. Thank you Martin! I've added a couple of buil

[Python-Dev] Stable build slaves authority

2010-10-13 Thread Martin v. Löwis
I have appointed Antoine Pitrou as the authority/manager for which build slave are considered stable. If you want to get a certain slave elevated or demoted, you have to convince him. I would also like to ask release managers to take the stable list serious: test failures in a stable slave should