kcrisman wrote: > > >>> I don't think this would work at all, unless there is an *easy* >>> automated procedure to submit a patch to a bot which (a) applies the >>> patch to the current tree (b) compiles in all platforms (c) attaches >>> the logs to the ticket and possibly flags the ticket depending on the >>> result of the test. >> A build bot would be nice, but I do not myself see the fact it is not >> dead easy to test on another platform, and have a build bot >> automatically attach a patch, should be an excuse for not checking. I >> certainly check my patches on hardware other than what I develop it on. >> > > No, it is very, very difficult for some of us. Even for me to do the > recent checking of PPC versus MacIntel I did to help fix that problem > was a sheer quirk that my technology center hasn't reclaimed my old > computer yet because I was having problems with my new one. Soon I > will have access to precisely one computer, let alone architecture. > And, frankly, the time involved in checking (for me) on another > computer is significantly greater than the time I just spent reading > this thread :)
I have an old 10.2 PPC imac sitting next to me. I can try keeping it around solely to do builds and doctesting. That will probably keep it busy full-time, especially if we have only a week between alphas! That is, if 10.2 is anywhere near a supported platform. Jason --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send an email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to sage-devel-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URL: http://www.sagemath.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
