[Nix-dev] Hydra

[Marco Maggesi]

Ok, thanks.


On Dec 9, 2010, at 3:11 PM, Eelco Dolstra wrote:

> 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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