On Sun, Apr 7, 2013 at 2:48 PM, janI <j...@apache.org> wrote: > On 7 April 2013 21:24, Alexandro Colorado <j...@oooes.org> wrote: > > > On Sun, Apr 7, 2013 at 2:12 PM, janI <j...@apache.org> wrote: > > > > > On 7 April 2013 20:58, Alexandro Colorado <j...@oooes.org> wrote: > > > > > > > I wonder if the nightly builds support customized builds, if for > > example > > > if > > > > a user wants a build that has some special configuration like, > > anti-alias > > > > by default or a customized default templates or menu layout. > > > > > > > > Can the nightly build infrastructure be used to generate that? > > > > > > > No, our buildbot's run with a preconfigured setup, including number of > > > tasks and configure for each task (job). > > > > > > > > > > > > > > If not, why not, what would be needed to do that. > > > > > > > We would need to change away from build bot, it cannot support dynamic. > > All > > > changes in the setup has to be done via the infrastructure svn, where > > only > > > a few have access. > > > > > > But I dont really get, if a user wants a customized build, would it not > > be > > > simpler for him to build it himself ? the nightly build are in my > opinion > > > > > > > Well because a user might want to just click on a build made by an > > automated bot. > > > > This is done a lot by OpenSuSE studio people which can let you remaster > > SuSE through a web interface and download the .iso, virtual machine or > > amazon image. > > > I can understand the need for an OS, but do we really want to "distribute" > different packages. The binary we deliver, have quite a lot of options for > configuration. > > I admit, that I think a lot more in reducing the compile switches (a la, > this is our binary, all compile options are solely for our > developers/testers)....if a compile switch is usefull to a user, it should > be an option in the program instead. >
The question came from a user that wonder how difficult would it be to remaster a binary of AOO 'in the cloud' which made me think of the nightly builds. But I understand this is more challenging that at first glance. i guess if this was trivial, l10n would have used long ago instead of waiting for a localized version. > > rgds > jan I. > > > > > > > > to secure that our product builds and that the branches compile on > > > different platforms. The purpose of the nightly build is not to save > the > > > user from installing a compiler. > > > > > > rgds > > > jan I. > > > > > > > > > > > Regards. > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Alexandro Colorado > > > > Apache OpenOffice Contributor > > > > http://es.openoffice.org > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Alexandro Colorado > > Apache OpenOffice Contributor > > http://es.openoffice.org > > > -- Alexandro Colorado Apache OpenOffice Contributor http://es.openoffice.org
