Monthly Release Schedule

2005-04-26 Thread Jared Rhine
[Chip == [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Wed, 6 Apr 2005 18:24:49 -0400] Chip> * On the third to last day of the month, someone (me, by Chip> default) will create a release document... Chip> * Starting on the first of the month, there will be a code Chip> freeze... Is it on? Chip> No changes sho

Re: Monthly Release Schedule

2005-04-07 Thread Robert Spier
> It was on parrotcode or dev.perl.org at some point. > Maybe that can be reused? Our tinderbox.perl.org volunteer is working on it. We've been nudging him, and he's got some cool stuff going on.

Re: Configuration (was Monthly Release Schedule)

2005-04-07 Thread Chip Salzenberg
According to Brent 'Dax' Royal-Gordon: > From what I recall, we're planning a bootstrapping system. The > configuration/build system will be written in a Parrot language > (possibly, but not necessarily, Perl 6), with PBC files included in > the distribution. To bootstrap, we'll have platform-spe

Re: Configuration (was Re: Monthly Release Schedule)

2005-04-07 Thread Brent 'Dax' Royal-Gordon
Chip Salzenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > According to MrJoltCola: > > I can tell you now Sparc / GCC is broken for most due to our broken > > Configure. Our config pulls out the params that were used to build > > Perl with, and this is invalid because most Sparc folks are running > > a pre-bui

Re: Configuration (was Re: Monthly Release Schedule)

2005-04-07 Thread Andy Dougherty
On Thu, 7 Apr 2005, Chip Salzenberg wrote: Is there already a configuration roadmap, something for me to start with as I look to What Should Be? I'm not aware of one. There's been lots of discussion over the years both on the perl6-internals list and on the now-defunct perl6-build list, but but

Re: Monthly Release Schedule

2005-04-07 Thread MrJoltCola
At 12:32 PM 4/7/2005, Chip Salzenberg wrote: According to Peter Sinnott: > I set up a tinder server a couple of weeks ago. > Not sure if anyone else looks at it. > > http://unlinked.vm.bytemark.co.uk/tinder//parrot/status.html I understand that tinderbox is an automated system for test builds with

Re: Monthly Release Schedule

2005-04-07 Thread Chip Salzenberg
According to Peter Sinnott: > I set up a tinder server a couple of weeks ago. > Not sure if anyone else looks at it. > > http://unlinked.vm.bytemark.co.uk/tinder//parrot/status.html I understand that tinderbox is an automated system for test builds with result collation. Is there any need for a

Re: Monthly Release Schedule

2005-04-07 Thread Peter Sinnott
On Thu, Apr 07, 2005 at 10:59:41AM -0400, Jeff Horwitz wrote: > On Thu, 7 Apr 2005, MrJoltCola wrote: > > > Where did Tinderbox go anyway? I don't mind running a tinderclient at all. > > i ran a tinderclient on my ultra 60 for a while before the tinderbox went > away. i think i was the only sola

Re: Monthly Release Schedule

2005-04-07 Thread Jeff Horwitz
On Thu, 7 Apr 2005, MrJoltCola wrote: > Where did Tinderbox go anyway? I don't mind running a tinderclient at all. i ran a tinderclient on my ultra 60 for a while before the tinderbox went away. i think i was the only solaris box out there, and i'd be more than happy to run it again when and if

Configuration (was Re: Monthly Release Schedule)

2005-04-07 Thread Chip Salzenberg
According to MrJoltCola: > I can tell you now Sparc / GCC is broken for most due to our broken > Configure. Our config pulls out the params that were used to build > Perl with, and this is invalid because most Sparc folks are running > a pre-built Perl and GCC binary that was built on a distributo

Re: Monthly Release Schedule

2005-04-07 Thread MrJoltCola
At 03:21 AM 4/7/2005, Leopold Toetsch wrote: MrJoltCola <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 06:24 PM 4/6/2005, Chip Salzenberg wrote: >> * What platforms are required for release? I'd guess that we'd get >> almost of all of our developers (and users, for that matter) with: >> >> darwin >>

Re: Monthly Release Schedule

2005-04-07 Thread Andy Dougherty
On Wed, 6 Apr 2005, Chip Salzenberg wrote: According to MrJoltCola: At 06:24 PM 4/6/2005, Chip Salzenberg wrote: * What platforms are required for release? I'd guess that we'd get almost of all of our developers (and users, for that matter) with: darwin linux-x86-gcc3.* win32-ms

Re: Monthly Release Schedule

2005-04-07 Thread Bryan C. Warnock
On Wed, 2005-04-06 at 22:28 -0400, Chip Salzenberg wrote: > According to MrJoltCola: > > At 06:24 PM 4/6/2005, Chip Salzenberg wrote: > > > * What platforms are required for release? I'd guess that we'd get > > >almost of all of our developers (and users, for that matter) with: > > > > > >

Re: Monthly Release Schedule

2005-04-07 Thread Leopold Toetsch
MrJoltCola <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 06:24 PM 4/6/2005, Chip Salzenberg wrote: >> * What platforms are required for release? I'd guess that we'd get >> almost of all of our developers (and users, for that matter) with: >> >> darwin >> linux-x86-gcc3.* >> win32-ms-cl

Re: Monthly Release Schedule

2005-04-06 Thread MrJoltCola
At 10:28 PM 4/6/2005, Chip Salzenberg wrote: According to MrJoltCola: > At 06:24 PM 4/6/2005, Chip Salzenberg wrote: > > * What platforms are required for release? I'd guess that we'd get > >almost of all of our developers (and users, for that matter) with: > > > > darwin > > linux-

Re: Monthly Release Schedule

2005-04-06 Thread Jay Scherrer
T least one FC3 x86_64 Jay Scherrer On Wed, 2005-04-06 at 22:28 -0400, Chip Salzenberg wrote: > According to MrJoltCola: > > At 06:24 PM 4/6/2005, Chip Salzenberg wrote: > > > * What platforms are required for release? I'd guess that we'd get > > >almost of all of our developers (and users, f

Re: Monthly Release Schedule

2005-04-06 Thread Chip Salzenberg
According to MrJoltCola: > At 06:24 PM 4/6/2005, Chip Salzenberg wrote: > > * What platforms are required for release? I'd guess that we'd get > >almost of all of our developers (and users, for that matter) with: > > > > darwin > > linux-x86-gcc3.* > > win32-ms-cl > > You shou

Re: Monthly Release Schedule

2005-04-06 Thread MrJoltCola
At 06:24 PM 4/6/2005, Chip Salzenberg wrote: * What platforms are required for release? I'd guess that we'd get almost of all of our developers (and users, for that matter) with: darwin linux-x86-gcc3.* win32-ms-cl You should round that out with 64-bit Sparc. -Melvin

Re: Monthly Release Schedule

2005-04-06 Thread Chip Salzenberg
Nick Clark brings to my attention that I'm missing a footnote: According to Chip Salzenberg: > * What should the standard be for "good enough" in the build? Quite > a few tests will be expected to fail on all platforms. We don't > want a standard that's so rigid it would be at home in

Monthly Release Schedule

2005-04-06 Thread Chip Salzenberg
I've recently had it suggested that Parrot use a regular release schedule, which tends to maintain momentum and provide many happy opportunities for spreading propaganda^Wnews of our progress. So, wearing my Fearless Leader hat, I announce that from now on we'll be releasing on a regular schedule.