[Python-Dev] Windows buildbot (Was: buildbot failure in x86 W2k trunk)

["Martin v. Löwis"]

> For release25-maint, probably PCBuild should be used since that is used to create the installer.
> For trunk/Python 2.6 I don't know what you will use for the release version.

I actually don't know either, yet. I would like to use Orcas, but it's
not clear when this will be released; neither is clear when 2.6 will
be released.

I notice that Kristjan would like to see a PCbuild8 buildbot.

> Where do you think is the challange to get it working?  For the buildbot client itself
> I would use the same stuff as in the WinXP buildbot (32-bit python2.4, twisted, buildbot,
> pywin32).

I think the scripts in Tools\buildbot might be tricky, along with
possible changes to the master.

> For the build scripts in Tools\buildbot I made some small changes to the batch files (appended).
> They look for a PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE env var, and if this is equal to AMD64 the build target
> and one or two small other things are changed from the default.  So these scripts currently build
> the PCBuild process.

That's an interesting option. I had myself arranged for the master to
issue a different build command to an AMD64 build slave.

> If you want me to go online with the buildbot please send me a HOST:PORT and PASSWORD.

Doing so in a separate message.

Regards,
Martin