Open build & test infrastructure

[Richard Bair]

My calendar shows 8:30 for the session, is the time really 7:30?

On Oct 1, 2012, at 5:37 PM, Cecilia Borg wrote:

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> I'll be at J1:BOF4047 Tue 7.30 together with Ben&Martijn, covering some aspects of this. Would love to throw ideas around. 
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> Cecilia
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> 1 okt 2012 kl. 13:59 skrev Ben Evans <benjamin.john.evans at gmail.com>:
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>> 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