-----Original Message----- From: "Martin v. Löwis" [mailto:martin@v.loewis.de] Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2007 05:33 To: Steve Holden Cc: Kristján Valur Jónsson; Mark Hammond; distutils-sig@python.org; python-dev@python.org Subject: Re: Adventures with x64, VS7 and VS8 on Windows
Addressing only the issues of PCBuild8 and 64-bit architectures, I have tried to establish "free" buildbot support for the 64-bit architectures without any real success.
Should the PSF be considering paying for infrastructure that will support 64-bit build reporting?
You can bring it up to the board, of course. However, given that all other buildbot machines were contributed by volunteers, the fact that nobody volunteers to contribute buildbot machines for PCbuild8 indicates that there is not a lot of interest in that build infrastructure. Most people just install whatever it is that they are offered to download. For me, the most compelling reason to provide the new builds is
the 15% performance benefit. If there are no technical and corporate difficulties, such as firewalls and security, I am sure that CCP can provide a VisualStudio2005 buildbot for our needs. Wasn't there some issue that each buildbot can only provide a single build? Here is a place where cross-compilation comes into its own again. Kristjan