[Nix-dev] how to get a hydra / github branch?

[Luca Bruno]

On 28/08/2014 08:33, Gergely Risko wrote:
> Yep, I could obviously host my own, thanks for the advice!  But if
> possible, I would like to skip that, since that will be another one-two
> days lost on installing hydra instead of working on the "real thing".
>
> Do we have some Amazon EC2 AMI that is ready to go for the whole nixpkgs
> stuff and web interface and everything?  That (or something similar)
> would be ideal, because I'm willing to pay of course for the machine.
There are several branches already that get built due to massive
rebuilds, and many times there are machine problems. I think even for
your own usage, it's more reliable to run your own machine. Setting up
an hydra for nixpkgs shouldn't take much time.