[Mono-dev] Still seeking contractor to adding Tizen support to Mono

Alex Rønne Petersen alex at alexrp.com
Sat Jun 14 07:55:58 UTC 2014


Always running.

On Sat, Jun 14, 2014 at 9:37 AM, Daniel Lo Nigro <lists at dan.cx> wrote:
> Do the build agents spin up when they're needed, or are they running all the
> time?
>
>
> On Fri, Jun 13, 2014 at 11:23 PM, Alex Rønne Petersen <alex at alexrp.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> Yes, http://monojenkins.cloudapp.net/ is what is used to test the
>> major projects under the Mono org on Linux, and also to test pull
>> requests.
>>
>> We will soon be changing the setup there to accommodate
>> multi-configuration builds (e.g. x86, amd64, linux, os x, ...) so if
>> you have machines you'd like to contribute, that can definitely be
>> arranged.
>>
>> Note that for each platform, we'd need 4 machines at minimum to be
>> able to keep up on busy days. The Small (A1) Azure tier seems to work
>> well enough for this purpose.
>>
>> On Sat, Jun 14, 2014 at 12:46 AM, Bob Summerwill <bob at summerwill.net>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > It looks like it might be https://github.com/alexrp (Alex Rønne
>> > Petersen).
>> > CC-ed.
>> >
>> >
>> > On Fri, Jun 13, 2014 at 3:18 PM, Sergey Zhukov <svg at ngs.ru> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Also I've found this link, don't know who maintains it
>> >>
>> >> http://monojenkins.cloudapp.net/
>> >>
>> >> On Fri, 2014-06-13 at 15:07 -0700, Bob Summerwill wrote:
>> >> > Right, so maybe this is more a case of the website not getting enough
>> >> > love?
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > We should still have automation independent of Xamarin, though.
>> >> > Mono != Xamarin.
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > Cheers,
>> >> > Bob
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > On Fri, Jun 13, 2014 at 3:04 PM, Sergey Zhukov <svg at ngs.ru> wrote:
>> >> >         AFAIK, Xamarin uses this for mono (it's working link)
>> >> >         https://wrench.mono-project.com/Wrench/
>> >> >
>> >> >         also I've seen travis scripts in the mono tree some time ago
>> >> >         (some of
>> >> >         them or even all were removed)
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >         On Fri, 2014-06-13 at 14:47 -0700, Bob Summerwill wrote:
>> >> >         >
>> >> >         > But there is no centrally maintained automated build
>> >> >         instance right
>> >> >         > now, correct?    Or incorrect?
>> >> >         >
>> >> >         >
>> >> >         >
>> >> >         >
>> >> >         >
>> >> >         > On Fri, Jun 13, 2014 at 2:44 PM, Sergey Zhukov <svg at ngs.ru>
>> >> >         wrote:
>> >> >         >         Anybody can use Travis.CI or drone.io as build
>> >> >         system. They
>> >> >         >         can run
>> >> >         >         tests on different platforms. For example, here the
>> >> >         post how
>> >> >         >         to run
>> >> >         >         tests on ARM platform using Travis.CI.
>> >> >         >
>> >> >
>> >> > http://www.tomaz.me/2013/12/02/running-travis-ci-tests-on-arm.html
>> >> >         >
>> >> >         >         Also Travis.CI has built-in support for OSX and
>> >> >         Ubuntu
>> >> >         >         operating
>> >> >         >         systems. So it's possible to write script, which
>> >> >         will test
>> >> >         >         mono across
>> >> >         >         several tizen platforms the only bad thing could be
>> >> >         a build
>> >> >         >         time
>> >> >         >         limitation.
>> >> >         >
>> >> >         >
>> >> >         >         On Fri, 2014-06-13 at 14:27 -0700, Bob Summerwill
>> >> >         wrote:
>> >> >         >         >
>> >> >         >         > Please could somebody confirm that there is no
>> >> >         existing Mono
>> >> >         >         project
>> >> >         >         > automation?
>> >> >         >         >
>> >> >         >         > Outside of whatever Xamarin do for their own
>> >> >         needs, I mean?
>> >> >         >         Thanks!
>> >> >         >         >
>> >> >         >         >
>> >> >         >         > Cheers,
>> >> >         >         > Bob
>> >> >         >         >
>> >> >         >         >
>> >> >         >         >
>> >> >         >         >
>> >> >         >         > On Fri, Jun 13, 2014 at 2:21 PM, Sergey Zhukov
>> >> >         <svg at ngs.ru>
>> >> >         >         wrote:
>> >> >         >         >         They all do the same things, the only
>> >> >         difference
>> >> >         >         what I see is
>> >> >         >         >         a pricing
>> >> >         >         >         and limitations for cloud-based
>> >> >         jenkins/drone/travis
>> >> >         >         (don't
>> >> >         >         >         know is
>> >> >         >         >         there a cloud-based TeamCity services).
>> >> >         CloudBees
>> >> >         >         based on
>> >> >         >         >         Jenkins has
>> >> >         >         >         100 min/month for free projects while
>> >> >         drone.io does
>> >> >         >         not have
>> >> >         >         >         monthly
>> >> >         >         >         limitations for open source. But drone.io
>> >> >         has 30-min
>> >> >         >         >         compile-time
>> >> >         >         >         limitation which they say can be removed.
>> >> >         Travis.CI
>> >> >         >         site says
>> >> >         >         >         that there
>> >> >         >         >         are no limitation for open source
>> >> >         projects, but
>> >> >         >         somewhere I
>> >> >         >         >         saw that it
>> >> >         >         >         has 1 hour limit to compile time.
>> >> >         >         >
>> >> >         >         >         For open-source project it's a good to
>> >> >         have ability
>> >> >         >         to avoid
>> >> >         >         >         thinking
>> >> >         >         >         about additional infrastructure for CI,
>> >> >         its cost and
>> >> >         >         >         maintenance. So in
>> >> >         >         >         this case using cloud-based travis or
>> >> >         drone can help
>> >> >         >         devs to
>> >> >         >         >         concentrate
>> >> >         >         >         on software itself without spending their
>> >> >         time and
>> >> >         >         money to
>> >> >         >         >         supporting
>> >> >         >         >         internal CI build server.
>> >> >         >         >
>> >> >         >         >
>> >> >         >         >         On Fri, 2014-06-13 at 12:24 -0700, Daniel
>> >> >         Lo Nigro
>> >> >         >         wrote:
>> >> >         >         >         >         Maybe drone could be used for
>> >> >         >         >         >         CI.
>> >> >         https://github.com/drone/drone/
>> >> >         >         >         >
>> >> >         >         >         >
>> >> >         >         >         > What does Drone do that other more
>> >> >         common CI
>> >> >         >         systems like
>> >> >         >         >         Jenkins and
>> >> >         >         >         > TeamCity don't do?
>> >> >         >         >         >
>> >> >         >         >         >
>> >> >         >         >         > On Fri, Jun 13, 2014 at 11:59 AM,
>> >> > Sergey
>> >> >         Zhukov
>> >> >         >         <svg at ngs.ru>
>> >> >         >         >         wrote:
>> >> >         >         >         >         On Fri, 2014-06-13 at 09:12
>> >> >         -0700, Bob
>> >> >         >         Summerwill
>> >> >         >         >         wrote:
>> >> >         >         >         >
>> >> >         >         >         >
>> >> >         >         >         >         Maybe drone could be used for
>> >> >         CI.
>> >> >         >         >         >         https://github.com/drone/drone/
>> >> >         >         >         >
>> >> >         >         >         >         Also for open-source project
>> >> > you
>> >> >         can try
>> >> >         >         travis.ci,
>> >> >         >         >         but it has
>> >> >         >         >         >         one-hour
>> >> >         >         >         >         limit for running what can be
>> >> >         critical for
>> >> >         >         running
>> >> >         >         >         mono tests
>> >> >         >         >         >         inside the
>> >> >         >         >         >         tizen emulator.
>> >> >         >         >         >
>> >> >         >         >         >         >
>> >> >         >         >         >         > For Tizen at least I would
>> >> >         like to get
>> >> >         >         automated
>> >> >         >         >         builds and
>> >> >         >         >         >         runs going
>> >> >         >         >         >         > within Windows Azure VMs
>> >> > which
>> >> >         I will
>> >> >         >         "sponsor"
>> >> >         >         >         the costs of
>> >> >         >         >         >         runnin.
>> >> >         >         >         >         > Is there an existing
>> >> >         automation
>> >> >         >         infrastructure for
>> >> >         >         >         this to
>> >> >         >         >         >         be added
>> >> >         >         >         >         > to?   Thanks!
>> >> >         >         >         >         >
>> >> >         >         >         >         >
>> >> >         >         >         >
>> >> >         >         >         >
>> >> >         >         >         >
>> >> >         >         >         >
>> >> >         >         >         >
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>> >> >         >         > --
>> >> >         >         > bob at summerwill.net
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