[FFmpeg-devel] Binary bulid facility

compn tempn
Mon Mar 23 15:23:58 CET 2009


On Mon, 23 Mar 2009 06:38:43 -0700, Mike Melanson wrote:
>aviad rozenhek wrote:
>>> I don't think server resources are a problem for us. We just need a
>>> decision and a system. I could distribute builds via multimedia.cx.
>>>
>>> --
>>>      -Mike Melanson
>>>
>> 
>> How about this system:
>> 
>>    1. all successful builds from FATE,  (regardless of test results) are
>>    temporarily hosted on an ftp server for a specified time, perhaps 1-2 weeks
>>    2. after a week, the most "successful" revision (with most passed tests,
>>    or most downloads) is moved to permanent storage in the ftp server
>> 
>> in this system we don't get bogged down in too many releases, because at
>> most one release per week is stored permanently.
>> 
>> the system could be complemented by automatically torrenting the temporary
>> builds.
>
>My main outline for the idea is here:
>
>http://multimedia.cx/eggs/archiving-binary-builds/

google seems to agree that compressing and stripping the binaries
will make it faster to load. the hard drive is the bottleneck now.

-compn



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