On Fri, 4 Jun 2004, Artemio wrote:
Hi all! Hi, Bryce! ;-)
Okay, I got it. I am reading the CreatingDists page at Wiki ;-)
Here are my next questions:
- You (Bryce) say that the script will run on SF's server. But someone said
that it has no build tools installed... So?
Yeah, sorry for the conflicting answers. Take this as an indication that you've reached the point on that topic where we don't really know, and you'll have to do some experimentation.
It is correct that the SF web and shell servers don't have gcc, etc. and don't like running builds from them, as Kees said. The build farms do have these tools, but I don't know if they permit automated builds - Kees says they don't and he's probably right, but I'd suggest looking into it and seeing for yourself. If it is possible to automate builds on them, then that would be a good solution.
This uncertainty is why I was a bit ambiguous upfront about what server(s) this would need to run on. You'll need to investigate and experiment and see what can be done. If it can't be run on the SourceForge machines, then there are probably other solutions that can be found.
- You were telling about the lack of web space. Well, we can actually try to
do the following: I have around 60-80 free megs at my fantomized.info site and my hosting company provides free traffic. If you are able to create a subdomain like download.inkscape.org which would point to the IP I'll tell you, I'd add this domain (download.inkscape.org) to my addon domains and this site would simply work from my server account. How's this idea?
It's a good idea, although remember that it's a very important requirement that access and maintenance of this not be limited to a single person, as mentioned before, so that could be tricky if it's a personal account. But yes, looking at solutions beyond SourceForge is a good idea if SF can't provide what we need; we just need to make sure that anyone on the project can login and fix stuff as needed.
Bryce