[Python-Dev] Status of Python buildbots

[Zachary Ware]

On Wed, May 3, 2017 at 4:16 AM, Erik Bray <erik.m.bray at gmail.com> wrote:
> I have been saying for several months now that I would like to set up
> a Cygwin buildbot--an important step in making that platform
> supportable again.  I now have the infrastructure available to do so
> (Windows VM on an OpenStack infrastructure at my university).  I
> wanted to wait until the tests on Cygwin were more stable, but since
> you allow unstable buildbots I could include it among them for now.

That would be fine :)

> Is the buildbot setup documentation on the wiki page still accurate?

Probably not; the devguide should be more up-to-date:
https://docs.python.org/devguide/buildslave.html

I don't know what unique challenges you may run into setting up a
Cygwin worker, but please submit PRs against that page if you find
anything to be lacking.

-- 
Zach