[Scummvm-devel] ScummVM 0.13.0 has been released. 0.13.1 plans

Henrik Engqvist qvist5 at home.se
Mon Mar 2 01:13:42 CET 2009


Hello

I thought I should comment on this. The specs right now on the VM is
Debian etch 32bit, 256mb ram, 2.33Ghz and 10GB HD. I just set it up so
you could test it. Yes, there could be more VMs used. The host has 4GB
ram and enough hd. It also has 1 Gb connection to the Internet.

/Qvist


> > On Sun, 1 Mar 2009 11:09:38 -0500
> > Max Horn <max at qu...> wrote:
> >
> >> * Besides implementing all that automated testing, we need a build
> >> server. This server could serve two purposes:
> > ....
> >> sufficient GSoC money to rent a good server now, we could even
> >> afford $100/month for some time
> > We already have a nicely set up VM with enough resources donated by
> > qvist. Why not use that? We have root access to it. It is planned to
> > move our private SVN repo there as well as the planet and doxygen,
as
> > they still sit on that old physical server.
> 
> It wasn't clear to me that we could use it that way, for heavy duty 
> workload. Does it have enough RAM and CPU power, as well as HD space 
> (let's say 10-20 GB) ? Also, several porters would require some 
> access, to setup and maintain their build chains. Oh, and if we want 
> to use it to offer daily builds of our ports, then a lot of traffic 
> might result from that, too..
> And shouldn't it be in a separate VM, for security reasons?
> 
> Finally, well -- having the machine is only one step. Setting up the 
> build system still requires "someone" to get it started. Several 
> porters agreed to help with it, but the basic infrastructure has to
be 
> setup:
> * Which software to use? (buildbot is my recommendation at this
point, 
> but whoever does the work gets to decide)
> * There should be some kind of "design" for the setup of the box.
I.e. 
> don't just setup everything in a chaotic ad-hoc manner, or it will 
> soon get a nightmare to maintain. Instead, decide where source 
> checkouts are made, how to setup port build scripts, where to store 
> builds, etc.
> 
> 
> Bye,
> Max 






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