Fix for bug #1629

[Umberto Nicoletti]

Ack.

On 2/6/06, Frank Warmerdam <warmerdam at pobox.com> wrote:
> On 2/3/06, Umberto Nicoletti <umberto.nicoletti at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I think we need to setup a server that will check out the sources
> > every night from cvs and will build them along with performing the
> > tests. The report would then be mailed to the mapserver-dev.
> >
> > This central server then would have a standard environment that could
> > be replicated by the interested parties on their workstations if they
> > wanted to setup automated tests privately.
> >
> > There could also be many different builds with different versions of
> > gdal, proj, with or without wms, etc. Should we make this an rfc,
> > maybe?
>
> Umberto,
>
> I certainly think this would be a very important step
> forward.  One issue is where to host it.  I think the
> host system should be one that several project team
> members will have access to for some surety of
> maintenance.
>
> Assuming noone has a stable server they are willing
> to provide fairly broad access to already, I think we
> might want to wait till there is an OSGeo test server
> where this could be setup.
>
> In the meantime, you might want to do some of this
> now locally.  I also think we might persue this informally
> for now, and not try to issue an RFC till we have some
> things working, and we want to formalize responsibilities
> around the build-and-smoke-test setup.
>
> Best regards,
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