[darcs-users] darcs build slave

[Thorkil Naur]

Hello Petr,

Are you still managing the darcs buildbot server? If not, sorry for
wasting your time. Otherwise, I have some adjustments that Ganesh
yesterday on #darcs indicated would be useful.

First, some earlier communication about this subject:

On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 02:14:12PM +0200, Thorkil Naur wrote:
> ...
> Presently, I have working
> 
> $ /Users/thorkilnaur/tn/install/ghc-6.12.3/bin/ghc --version
> The Glorious Glasgow Haskell Compilation System, version 6.12.3
> $ /Users/thorkilnaur/tn/install/ghc-7.0.4/bin/ghc --version
> The Glorious Glasgow Haskell Compilation System, version 7.0.4
> $ /Users/thorkilnaur/tn/install/ghc-7.2.1/bin/ghc --version
> The Glorious Glasgow Haskell Compilation System, version 7.2.1
> $
> 
> in addition to the earlier
> 
> $ /Library/Frameworks/GHC.framework/Versions/610/usr/bin/ghc --version
> The Glorious Glasgow Haskell Compilation System, version 6.10.4
> $
> ...

Of these, darcs SCREENED is presently being built with 6.10.4, 6.12.3,
and 7.2.1. My understanding is that none of these builds are actually
relevant any more.

Instead, I understand that building SCREENED with the 7.0.4 mentioned
above and also with a recent 7.4.1

$ /Users/thorkilnaur/tn/install/ghc-7.4.1/bin/ghc --version
The Glorious Glasgow Haskell Compilation System, version 7.4.1
$ 

would be useful.

As for the other variants that the buildbot provides, I am not sure:
I guess that TRY should provide the same set as SCREENED. Ganesh also
indicated that having the possibility of running a presumably earlier
darcs (RELEASE?) through 6.12 and perhaps also 6.10 would be useful, but
I am not sure how that could be arranged, if possible.

Thanks and best regards
Thorkil