[Python-Dev] Fwd: Broken link to download (Mac OS X)

[C. Titus Brown]

On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 06:52:46PM +0200, Michael Foord wrote:
> On 14/04/2010 18:49, Steve Holden wrote:
>> Bill Janssen wrote:
>>    
>>> Michael Foord<fuzzyman at voidspace.org.uk>  wrote:
>>>
>>>      
>>>>> Isn't that just a matter of having the recipe written down somewhere?
>>>>>
>>>>>          
>>>> Yes, that would be nice. :-) Preferably a recipe that doesn't involve
>>>> Macports or Fink which some of us are allergic to.
>>>>        
>>> Yes, ditto the MacPorts/Fink allergy.
>>>
>>> All we need is a script, right?  The released branches should be built
>>> automatically every night anyway, just for regression testing.
>>>
>>> Perhaps we should take this up on Mac-Python?
>>>
>>>      
>> Please do, and let me know if resources of some kind would help.
>>    
>
> A Mac buildbot would *definitely* be useful and I know some of the  
> Python-dev crew would like access to a Mac OS X machine for trying out  
> fixes when none of the core Mac maintainers are around. A couple of  
> co-located, or otherwise hosted, Mac boxes would be very useful.
>
> The obvious question is who would hold the keys (maintain the buildbot)?  
> I don't know if Ronald has the spare capacity to do this (?). If someone  
> will help me with the initial setup I can otherwise volunteer.

We have some space in our machine room, and some sysadmins that like open
source.  I will ask them if they are willing to do physical maintenance (profs
wisely aren't allowed access to the machine room).  That would really be
ideal... I will report back to interested people.

--titus
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C. Titus Brown, ctb at msu.edu