Open build & test infrastructure

[Rory O'Donnell Oracle, Dublin Ireland]

Unfortunately not at J1, however very interested in being part of any 
future discussions.

On 02/10/2012 03:17, discuss-request at openjdk.java.net wrote:
> On 10/01/2012 01:59 PM, Ben Evans 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