Open build & test infrastructure

[Steve Poole]

hi Ben - great to see this proposal.    I'm definitely interested and I'm at J1.   

I'd like to see what we can do to get some common  build setup  documents published
and to explore more about how developers who want to contribute can be sure their changes are "good" - where good means some level of build and test confidence across multiple platforms.   

Everyone wants to do a good job when contributing but currently the barrier can be  high and generally stacked against them.  

Lets get together if we can - its a great topic to discuss face to face.    I'm sure we can help reduce the barriers!


On 1 Oct 2012, at 21:59, Ben Evans <benjamin.john.evans at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> In the last few months, the LJC (London Java Community) have been
> running AdoptOpenJDK hack sessions - designed to get more developers
> started with OpenJDK development.
> 
> Whilst we've been running the sessions, we've met a lot of people who
> are interested in making the build and test of OpenJDK easier. It
> seems that there's a lot of desire to improve things, and a lot of
> knowledge and useful software held by various parties which they may
> be interested in sharing.
> 
> For example, at the LJC we have some scripts used to build simple VMs
> for teaching purposes, and we have heard that others have
> complimentary software which could be contributed.
> 
> So, this post is to call attention to this area, put out a public call
> for interest (and ask potential participants to speak up), and see if
> there is critical mass - and what suitable next steps should be.
> 
> In particular - if people are interested & at JavaOne, please let me
> know - let's try to organise & meet up whilst a large number of people
> are physically in the same space.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Ben
>