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Re: GCC Buildbot Update
- From: Markus Trippelsdorf <markus at trippelsdorf dot de>
- To: Paulo Matos <pmatos@linki.tools>
- Cc: Christophe Lyon <christophe dot lyon at linaro dot org>, "gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org" <gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org>
- Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2017 12:10:14 +0100
- Subject: Re: GCC Buildbot Update
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- References: <f664b74e-8751-24ed-139f-443ce3f1cdef@linki.tools> <CAKdteObvKKTJrpq2Mod-9H37QpiT2gPshgfeztWJvi-XLQE-sw@mail.gmail.com> <20171215074218.GA17463@x4> <de912f33-9bbd-b1a4-8d70-a9e354712abe@linki.tools>
On 2017.12.15 at 10:21 +0100, Paulo Matos wrote:
>
>
> On 15/12/17 08:42, Markus Trippelsdorf wrote:
> >
> > I don't think this is good news at all.
> >
>
> As I pointed out in a reply to Chris, I haven't seeked permission but I
> am pretty sure something similar runs in the CF machines from other
> projects.
>
> The downside is that if we can't use the CF, I have no extra machines to
> run the buildbot on.
>
> > Once a buildbot runs on a CF machine it immediately becomes impossible
> > to do any meaningful measurement on that machine. That is mainly because
> > of the random I/O (untar, rm -fr, etc.) of the bot. As a result variance
> > goes to the roof and all measurements drown in noise.
> >
> > So it would be good if there was a strict separation of machines used
> > for bots and machines used by humans. In other words bots should only
> > run on dedicated machines.
> >
>
> I understand your concern though. Do you know who this issue could be
> raised with? FSF?
I think the best place would be the CF user mailing list
<cfarm-users@lists.tetaneutral.net>.
(All admins and users should be subscribed.)
--
Markus