Application to join PostgreSQL BuildFarm
Here is a short description of what is required to join the buildfarm successfully. Please read it carefully @@ -33,25 +17,21 @@ before submitting this form.
- your machine will need to be able to contact http://www.pgbuildfarm.org - either directly or via proxy, and it will need access to a PostgreSQL CVS repository, - either the one at postgresql.org or a mirror (you can set up your own mirror using CSVup on a Linux or FreeBSD machine - - this is recommended). -
- have a working Postgresql build environment for your platform - (for Windows this means MSys/MinGW with the libz and libintl stuff, and ideally native Python and Tcl). -
- Windows only: you will need a native perl installed as well as the one in the MSys DTK. The one from ActiveState works fine. + either directly or via proxy, and it will need access to a PostgreSQL Git repository, + either the one at postgresql.org or a mirror. +
- have git installed. +
- have a working Postgresql build environment for your platform. +
- Windows only: you will need a native perl installed (and not just the one from the MSys DTK). The one from ActiveState works fine.
- download and unpack the latest release of client code from - http://pgfoundry.org/frs/?group_id=1000040 + http://www.pgbuildfarm.org/downloads/
- read instructions at - http://pgfoundry.org/docman/view.php/1000040/4/PGBuildFarm-HOWTO.txt + http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/PostgreSQL_Buildfarm_Howto
- get the software running locally using flags --force --nostatus --nosend
- register your machine on this page
- when you receive credentials, put them in the config file, and schedule regular builds (without those flags) for the branches you want to support - which should be at least HEAD and the most recent stable branch. +
- Note that it is possible (and quite common) to run more than one buildfarm member on a single machine.
There is also some extra information in this -article about buildfarm on the O'Reilly network.
-Please complete all items.
@@ -96,16 +76,4 @@ Systems is "Fedora Core" and the version is "4". -