Advise needed on remote build hosts

[Christian Stimming]

Hi Paul,

I don't have too much experience with remote build hosts. However, 
"Hudson/Jenkins" is probably not what you need. Those are a management 
interface for running a separate build host, intended to run regular builds 
and unittests, and report the outcome to the developer community in a variety 
of ways. If you set it up yourself, you would have to spend considerable time 
to get a gnucash build to run automatically, so that the Hudson server can 
report the build result to you. Also, it is intended to fetch updated source 
code from some repository. You would have to set up your own repository (git 
or similar) where you send each modification from your slow laptop, then wait 
to have a build triggered to Hudson, then receive the result from there.

Another option for you might be to consider Distcc 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distcc
https://code.google.com/p/distcc/
This is not a build host per se, but the tool will distribute the compilation 
step across a network. In your case, the tool can distribute most of the 
compilation load to your remote fast computer and only a small part is done on 
your local slow computer. However, this of course only works with a fast 
network connection.

If you have to deal only with occasional and/or slow connections, indeed 
Hudson/Jenkins with a private git repository on the Hudson server might be an 
option for you.

Regards,

Christian


Am Samstag, 3. August 2013, 14:14:02 schrieb Paul:
> Hello to all,
>   I am working on a GnuCash patch that will allow OFXDirectConnect import
> of investment transactions via Aqbanking. Some minor medical problems with
> my father requires that I be out-of-town and away from my development box
> for a couple weeks. My laptop is old and too slow to run Netbeans.
>   NetBeans mentions a "remote build server". I have done a some research
> into Hudson and Jenkins "Continuous Integration" hosts, but I am more
> confused than ever. I want to cut to the chase and I'd appreciate your
> input.
>   My questions: Does anyone on the list have experience with remote build
> hosts? Any experience with Hudson or Jenkins? What would you suggest if you
> were in my position?
>   TIA
> Paul
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