[PD-dev] Join the compile farm (ubuntu current x64)

[batinste]

On 27/01/2012 16:17, Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
>
> On Jan 25, 2012, at 2:55 PM, András Murányi wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 18:30, batinste <dwanafite at yahoo.fr
>> <mailto:dwanafite at yahoo.fr>> wrote:
>>
>>     Hi there !
>>
>>     András Murányi told me that i should join the compile farm, and i
>>     think
>>     it could be nice to help the community. I have a Hewlett Packard
>>     Aspire
>>     Revo 1.6GHz Intel Atom N230, 2GB RAM running Ubuntu Oneiric Ocelot 64
>>     bit. Pd-extended compiles fine as far as i can tell, i have no
>>     dependencies issues. I've built it a few times since last week.
>>     The server has been running and online for 2 years now with minor
>>     unavailabilities, mainly because of my ISP's crappy modem/router.
>>
>>     So, it's up to you :)
>>
>>
>> On my Lucid, it goes like this:
>> - I've created a new user called pd,
>> - Perhaps a /home/pd/auto-build/ folder needs to be created,
>> - The attached file (run-auto-builds) goes into /etc/cron.daily/ ,
>> - and because cron is actually run by anacron, I've also added
>> "START_HOURS_RANGE=9-24" to /etc/anacrontab in order to prevent the
>> builds to happen at night (because they spin up the fans and that is
>> too noisy),
>> - the PATH in anacrontab may also have to be adjusted if things don't
>> want to run.
>> ...from this point the build shall happen every day - unless I've
>> forgot something important.
>> IF the build seems to happen every day, tell Hans-Cristoph Steiner
>> and he will enable the uploads to the server. (BTW, you can also
>> allow ssh access to the pd account on your machine later, but it's an
>> independent task.)
>>
>> This is how I recollect the setup, but just tell me if you get stuck
>> or anything unclear.
>>
>> Andras
>
> hey batinste,
>
> The more the merrier, your offer is much appreciated!  My only concern
> with adding people to the build farm is: how do we know that people
> aren't going to do malicious things, like insert virii or trojans into
> their Pd builds?  This may sound paranoid, but I'd like people to be
> able to trust the Pd-extended downloads..  I'm definitely not saying
> that you are not trustworthy, I'm saying that I know very little about
> you.  I do see that you have been posting to the pd list since 2009,
> so that's something.
>
> .hc
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Hi Hans-Christoph

It is a very valid concern.

My first argument would be : i am a terrible programmer :) even if i can
build something out of python or arduino now and then. I hate pointers,
can't wrap my head around.

My second is : i need pd-ext to run on each "current" ubuntu 64. I'm a
crazy early adopter when it comes to ubuntu releases. I use pd whenever
it seems to fit in all my so-called artistic projects (im part of two
artistic collectives, now merged in one : http://faux-fuyants.fr and
http://collectif-ras.org). More importantly, I have learned a lot with
pd lately, so i always need another external (which i don't know if it's
bad or not). I'm playing a lot with dynamic patching and data
structures. And finally the features in 0.43.1 are very useful (mmmh...
completion plugin... </homer>).

If you want i can set up a new user on my server and let you drive the
build, or set up anything that would ensure that the files weren't
modified before compilation (md5 ?).

Anyway during the week end i'll try to set this up accordingly to
András' instructions. I will keep you posted about the results.

Baptiste (my real first name ! the "n" in "batinste" is just there to
replace the mute "p" in "baptiste")
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