Re: [bitcoin-dev] CI Build for Bitcoin - Some Basic Questions about Gitian and other stuff

From: Mark Friedenbach <mark@friedenbach•org>
To: Roy Osherove <roy@osherove•com>
Cc: Bitcoin Dev <bitcoin-dev@lists•linuxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] CI Build for Bitcoin - Some Basic Questions about Gitian and other stuff
Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2015 11:10:12 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAOG=w-uCLHEMHkGz8TGEPuqs0AshX+c=xt2VciCF5qkVdoRn-A@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
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Well the gitian builds are made available on bitcoin.org. If you mean a
build server where gitian builds are automatically done and made available,
well that rather defeats the point of gitian.

The quorum signatures are accumulated here:
https://github.com/bitcoin/gitian.sigs (it's a manual process).

On Wed, Sep 23, 2015 at 10:31 AM, Roy Osherove <roy@osherove•com> wrote:

> Thanks Mark.
> Is there a public server where the gitian builds can be viewed?
> Is there a public server that shows the quorum verifications or that shows
> how to join in on the verification if such as thing is helpful?
>
> On Wed, Sep 23, 2015 at 10:18 AM, Mark Friedenbach <mark@friedenbach•org>
> wrote:
>
>> The builds made by Travis are for the purpose of making sure that the
>> source code compiles and tests run successfully on all supported platforms.
>> The binaries are not used anywhere else because Travis is not a trusted
>> platform.
>>
>> The binaries on bitcoin.org are built using the gitian process and
>> signed by a quorum of developers.
>>
>> On Wed, Sep 23, 2015 at 10:13 AM, Roy Osherove via bitcoin-dev <
>> bitcoin-dev@lists•linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Folks.
>>> I'm trying my hand at creating a reproducible build of my own for
>>> bitcoin and bitcoin-XT, using TeamCity.
>>> I believe it is the best way to learn something: To try to build it
>>> yourself.
>>> Here is what I think I know so far, and I would love corrections, plus
>>> questions:
>>>
>>>    1. Bitcoin is built continuously on travis-CI at
>>>    https://travis-ci.org/bitcoin/bitcoin/
>>>    2.  there are many flavors that are built, but I'm not sure if all
>>>    of them are actually used/necessary. are they all needed, or just to "just
>>>    in case"?
>>>    3.  There is a gitian build file for bitcoin, but is anyone actually
>>>    using it? are the bin files on bitcoin.org taken from that? or the
>>>    travis ci builds? or some other place?
>>>    4. Are there any things that people would love to have in the build
>>>    that do not exist there today? perhaps I can help with that?
>>>
>>> Here is what I have now: http://btcdev.osherove.com:8111/
>>> It does not do the matrix build yet, but it's coming. I'm just wondering
>>> if all the platforms need to be supported,and if gitian is truly required
>>> to be used, or used in parallel, or at all..
>>>
>>> Feedback appreciated.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Roy Osherove
>>>
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>>> <http://TeamLeadSkills.com>*
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>>>    - +1-201-256-5575
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>
>
>
> --
> Thanks,
>
> Roy Osherove
>
>    - *@RoyOsherove* <https://twitter.com/RoyOsherove>
>    - Read my new book *Notes to a Software Team Leader
> <http://TeamLeadSkills.com>*
>    - Or *my new course* about Beautiful Builds
> <http://courses.osherove.com> and Continuous Delivery
>    - +1-201-256-5575
>     - Timezone: Eastern Standard Time (New York)
>
>
>

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