Re: [Springframework-developer] Failed Builds

[Alef A. <al...@in...>]

Thanks Darren,

it's something i'd like to take up in the coming weeks, so I'll 
certainly think about your offer!

regards,
alef


da...@da... wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 10, 2006 at 02:27:07AM +0100, Alef Arendsen wrote:
>   
>> On the subject of automatic building, it seems the builds running at 
>> SF.net fail quite often (if not always). I haven't looked at all the 
>> error messages, but some come from binding errors, some I can't seem to 
>> find the error message for. Darren, are x86-linux and sparc-solaris the 
>> only platforms the builds are running on, or is it an issue related to 
>> those platforms only?
>>     
>
> they do fail a lot, but certainly not always.  You can track their progress
> at http://springframework.sourceforge.net/test/ and the page also shows
> which platforms the builds are occurring on.  Remember too, that the SF
> machines are continuously building and running the test suite, so they show
> up more intra-day errors that may not be caught by the nightly build.  Often
> when one or more fail during the day, it's confirmed with a similar failed
> build messsage from your nightly build too - but I don't know if it's always
> for the same reasons.
>
> The SF machines are overloaded and underspec'ed, which accounts for some of
> the errors (esp. "Proxy creation too slow" and some of the ones with no
> stack traces or error messages).  I have offered, on behalf of UPCO, to host
> a proper continuous build environment on dedicated hardware for Spring.  The
> intention was to use one Linux and one Windows machine to do a similar job
> to the SF compile farm stuff I run, but based on Luntbuild instead.  Had no
> response on this.. probably slipped under the radar as I sent it to Rod and
> Juergen early Dec.  (preparing for TSE and JavaPolis).  So, if it's
> something you guys think the project would benefit from (I do!) the offer's
> still open :)
>
> Cheers,
>   


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