Re: Buildfarm coverage (was Re: OK, ready for RC1 or Beta6)

Tom/all,

I have setup the following running debian linux. MIPS, MIPSEL, ALPHA, PARISC, M68K, ARM, SPARC, I386. I have the
build farm running local and I have just started to get the systems registered. I am also willing to aquire other
hardware/ operating systems in an effort to give something back to the Postgresql community

Jim

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From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Joshua D. Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
Cc: PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Sent: Fri, 03 Dec 2004 15:20:48 -0500
Subject: Buildfarm coverage (was Re: [HACKERS] OK, ready for RC1 or Beta6)

> "Joshua D. Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com> writes:
> > 1. Buildfarm doesn't yet have that many platforms on it.
>
> It's not as bad as all that. Our current list of supported platforms
> (ie, things that got tested last time) is
>
> AIX
> Free/Open/NetBSD covered by buildfarm
> HPUX used daily by moi
> IRIX
> Linux covered by buildfarm
> OS X tested pretty often by moi
> Solaris covered by buildfarm
> Tru64
> UnixWare
> Windows/Cygwin covered by buildfarm
>
> With respect to hardware it's
>
> x86 covered by buildfarm
> ia64
> x86_64 covered by buildfarm
> ARM
> Alpha
> MIPS covered by buildfarm
> m68k
> PA-RISC used daily by moi
> PPC tested pretty often by moi
> RS6000 isn't this same as PPC?
> S/390
> Sparc covered by buildfarm
>
> Considering that we have both 32- and 64-bit, little- and big-endian
> hardware in there, most of the basic hardware gotchas are covered;
> the only thing I think is at much risk is the spinlock assembler code,
> which we change seldom.
>
> Where the buildfarm falls down a bit is on the cross-product coverage.
> But I think you're not going to get the cross product without a call for
> port reports; there aren't that many people who are going to offer
> dedicated time on every random platform there is.
>
> It would be nice to get an Alpha into the buildfarm, and PPC too.
>
> regards, tom lane
>
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