[Soc-coordination] On writing a wanna-build alternative: [was: Status Report of MIPS N32/N64 Port, Week 11]

[Hector Oron]

Hello,

>> > Besides debile, there are other solutions like:
>> > * http://julien.danjou.info/projects/rebuildd
>> > * https://launchpad.net/launchpad
> and https://github.com/nicholasdavidson/pybit
> and my xbuilder:
> https://wiki.linaro.org/Platform/DevPlatform/CrossBuildd
> (sbuild+rebuildd+perl-script-for-web-page)
> And Colin Watson's cross-buildd scripts (wanna-build+sbuild+postgresql)

And Open Build Service... which is kind of awesome.
 < http://openbuildservice.org/ >

>> > Anyway, please don't reinvent the wheel.
>
> Quite - this wheel has already been invented more than enough.
>
>> I'm not thinking to re-invent a wheel with all or most of the
>> features, but wanted to have a really lightweight setup to track what
>> to build in database and trigger the build when a build machine
>> becomes spare. This will take up to the several things: a reprepro
>> instance to hold the repository (already have), a table in a mysql DB
>> to hold various state information, a script to determine which
>> source's dependency is already satisfied (my mentor helped me on
>> this), and a small shell script that queries database and trigger
>> sbuild action whenever the build machine is spare.
>
> Which is pretty much what several of the above tools do. I hesitate to
> recommend any particular one, but I strongly recommend that you look
> at using/modifying whichever of debile, pybit or xbuilder looks
> easiest rather than creating yet another flavour.
>
> Wookey
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