[oi-dev] oi-dev Digest, Vol 7, Issue 6

[Andrzej Szeszo]

Hi Butch

Individual consolidations that form OpenIndiana distribution are using 
different build systems. Some consolidations are available in binary 
form only.

I propose creating a unified infrastructure on top of all build systems 
so that full or incremental builds of the whole OS could be done with a 
single command.

I don't have much experience with continuous build systems but I suspect 
such infrastructure could be used with something like Hudson/Jenkins. I 
am sure Jenkins can start make command after noticing a change in the 
version control system.

Andrzej

On 03/16/11 15:34, Butch Whitby wrote:
> I've been following the list for a while now, and have kept quiet
> partially due to time constraints, but mostly because I think I'm
> going to be most helpful in the documentation arena but I have a
> couple of questions about this.
>
> Please overlook my ignorance on this topic I'm an admin not a
> programmer and have zero experience with continuous build systems.   I
> have limited understanding of how they actually work,  and haven't had
> the time to really dig into the topic.  It seems there are a lot of
> "auto builders" available already.  At a cursory glance I can see it's
> a far cry from a simple setup but would definitely be worth doing
> right.  Am I misunderstanding or are you proposing to use a continuous
> integration system for this? Would something like Hudson be viable?
>
> Or are you talking about developing a framework that could be provided
> in a packaged form for download to a developers system?  Or even a
> combination of both?
>
> I'll help in any way I can.