[Nix-dev] Hydra

[Eelco Dolstra]

Hi,

On 12/09/2010 12:29 PM, Marco Maggesi wrote:

> I would like to enable hydra compilation for a set of packages and I have some
> questions.
> 
> 1. Are there explicit policies for what should or should not compiled with
> hydra?  E.g., I would like to make hydra compile derivations like Coq and
> Isabelle and also a list of ocaml related software.  Would it be a problem?

No, that's generally not a problem.  (It might be if the packages are really
huge, say, you want to build a dozen variants of OpenOffice.)

> 2. What happens if a packages is flagged for compilation with hydra but some of
> its dependencies are not?  In particular?

Then the dependencies are built as well, but they do not appear as separate jobs
in Hydra's web interface.

> 3. Linux 32bit and OSX 32bit are the sole architecture I can test directly in an
> easy manner.  So what should I do with the other architectures?
> - try first with platforms.all, wait for errors, then reduce the set of
> platforms, or

Yes, that's fine.

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