PoMaBuSe
Poor Man's Build Server / build on multiple Linux clients after commit
... Version Control System for changes and if true, it compiles this code.
On failure, it f.i. reports by mail (any sendmail compatible mailer) all the developers which committed since the last successful build.
What to checkout, compile, report and how is defined in "job files". One can have many. SVN to mail address mapping is /etc/aliases or an own file. SVN is, GIT comes, mail is, SIGNAL comes...
*) Dr. Mabuse: German novel figure, more straight than Dr.Jekyll & comparable powerful