On 31 October 2010 01:25, Mike Witt <msg...@gmail.com> wrote: > I guess I don't really understand what this is all about. But I > suppose that the major factor is that I simply wouldn't be available > more than once in a while to perform whatever these administration > tasks might be. That doesn't seem to factor in to the whole > 24x7 idea. > > How much does it help if I simply take release candidates when > they are made available, try to build them, and post the logs > somewhere. Is that worth doing, or is it basically too late > at that point? > > -Mike
Mike, you are confusing two issues. 1) If you want your own personal computer to be used as a buildbot slave, it really needs to be on 24/7. 2) If you set up and maintained a virtual machine on boxen.math, then the virtual machine would running 24/7, as boxen.math runs 24/7. That however would require occasional maintenance from the administrator of that virtual machine. You would probably need to clear out old builds manually, check log files for errors etc, apply security updates etc etc. That does not need you to be a system admin that is available 24/7 - only that the virtual machine is maintained such that it can run 24/7. Dave -- 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
