From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 25 06:24:09 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D6F45CF6; Thu, 25 Dec 2014 06:24:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: from sola.nimnet.asn.au (paqi.nimnet.asn.au [115.70.110.159]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5357129AD; Thu, 25 Dec 2014 06:24:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sola.nimnet.asn.au (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id sBP6H0EU024719; Thu, 25 Dec 2014 17:17:00 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from smithi@nimnet.asn.au) Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2014 17:17:00 +1100 (EST) From: Ian Smith To: Matthew Seaman Subject: Re: poudriere fetch timeout? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20141225171336.Q99601@sola.nimnet.asn.au> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2014 06:24:09 -0000 In freebsd-questions Digest, Vol 551, Issue 3, Message: 21 On Wed, 24 Dec 2014 10:20:49 +0000 Matthew Seaman wrote: > On 24/12/2014 00:09, Brian W. wrote: > > How long will it be till package builds happen nearly immediately after a > > commit change. It seems this is viewed optionally now and this is why folks > > are asking so many questions about this. > > When the hardware fairies[*] come along and wave their magic wands over > all the racks and conjure up about as much compute capacity again as is > currently available to build packages with. Unfortunately, unlike the > tooth fairy (who takes away teeth and leaves money in their place), > hardware fairies work the other way round. They want a tidy heap of > currency first. And unlike Santa's Elves who can deliver a world's > worth of presents faster than even the wildest wet dreams of an Amazon > executive, their magics take some time to brew, until there are properly > fettled servers happily chugging away building packages at all hours of > day and night. > > Cheers, > > Matthew > > [*] I'm sure the FreeBSD Foundation guys who are actually *paying* for > the kit, and the clusteradmin guys who install and manage it all will > not mind my referring to them as such. I expect they'll be chuffed. 'Tis the season for silly hats anyway .. cheers, Ian