[Python-Dev] SPARC testers (and buildbot!) needed

[Antoine Pitrou]

Le 09/08/2012 01:26, Floris Bruynooghe a écrit :
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>> What Martin said; SPARC under Linux is probably a hobbyist platform.
>> Enterprise users of Solaris SPARC systems can still volunteer to provide and
>> maintain a buildslave.
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>
> Is http://wiki.python.org/moin/BuildBot the relevant documentation?

Yes, it is, but parts of it may be out of date. Please amend the 
instructions where necessary :-)

> It still seems to refer to subversion, I presume that is no longer
> needed and just mercurial will do?

True.

>  I've set up a blank solaris 10
> zone on a sparc T1000 with the OpenCSW toolchain (gcc 4.6.3) on our
> server and installed buildslave.  According to the instructions this
> is the point where I ask for a slave name and password.

Ok, I'll send you one in a couple of days (away from Paris right now).

> Also, would it make sense to support OpenCSW more out of the box?
> Currently we carry some patches for setup.py in order to pick up e.g.
> sqlite from /opt/csw etc.  Would there be an interest in supporting
> this?

I don't know, what is OpenCSW?
I think the answer also depends on the complexity of said patches.

Regards

Antoine.