From: Mark Allums <mark_at_allums.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2008 09:21:03 -0600

alex wallis wrote:
> Hi list.
> I have a few questions about running a build server.
> Firstly i'm running win xp, so does that put me out of the picture
> straight away for being able to run a build server?
> Secondly, I have a very patched version of rockbox code on my computer,
> obviously i no devs don't want patches included in compiled builds, but
> does that mean i couldn't be a build server without deleting and
> redownloading a clean version of the rb code?
> or would it be possible to have 2 versions of code on the same computer
> but obviously in different folders. One obviously being patched and
> strictly for my own private use.

You are talking about a fork. Do you really want to do this?

SVN will allow you to do both. If you are serious, you might consider
setting up a Linux machine, alongside you Windows machine, and running
the server form that. It doesn't have to be done that way, but it may
be more practical. You don't need a state of the art machine to do this.

--Mark Allums
Received on 2008-02-19