Open build & test infrastructure

[LaMothe, Ryan R]

Have you considered requesting OpenJDK to use Jenkins for CI? (Maybe they already do, I'm not sure)

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Ryan LaMothe

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From: discuss-bounces at openjdk.java.net [mailto:discuss-bounces at openjdk.java.net] On Behalf Of Ben Evans
Sent: Monday, October 01, 2012 1:59 PM
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Subject: Open build & test infrastructure

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