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> I think it may be time to update some of the systems at RAL too (with > Malcolm's assistance), for future ease of maintenance (nothing gets I'd be glad to help. When would you like to start? Last year I discussed the question of nightly build machines with Matthew Wild (our part-time sys admin), and he advocated buying a multi-processor server machine to run many virtual machines, each with a different OS. > updated here any more). Any preferences on Linux versions for the > nightly builds? I do have some notes when I consult the system managers, but you may regard those as being stale. Note, apart from some specialist build systems, most of > the RAL systems will be updated to "Ubuntu 6.06 LTS Server - Supported > to 2011" (it is the one I know most about these days). Hmm Matthew seems to be more inclined to CentOS than Ubuntu. > Pluto will still > be OSX. There are also some new Sparc systems that may be worth having > as Open Solaris or I could put Ubuntu server on them or both. Re. new SPARC systems, are these faster? The current Solaris 9 builds are taking too long for the daily cycle. It's only getting worse with new and larger packages plus more documents to build. > I would also like to reduce the number of login systems for Starlink > related stuff to one system. That system will hold the mirror of the SVN > and the website etc. This might be where Matt is coming from too. Fewer systems equals less maintenance. Malcolm