[tor-bugs] #5618 [Tor bundles/installation]: Set up buildbots to create nightly builds for all our packages

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#5618: Set up buildbots to create nightly builds for all our packages
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 Reporter:  karsten                   |          Owner:  erinn                   
     Type:  project                   |         Status:  new                     
 Priority:  normal                    |      Milestone:  Sponsor Z: March 1, 2013
Component:  Tor bundles/installation  |        Version:                          
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Comment(by Sebastian):

 Replying to [comment:2 karsten]:
 > Replying to [comment:1 Sebastian]:
 > > There might be harddisk issues, in case we want to archive the builds.
 >
 > How long would we want to keep a nightly build?  Wouldn't it be
 sufficient to keep it until the next build is there?

 At least a few weeks, until we've had the chance to check out what was
 actually wrong with it when we get a bug report

 > > There are some issues where VMs can't talk directly to each other
 which we'd have to fix.
 >
 > Can you explain why VMs have to talk directly to each other for nightly
 builds?  Which VMs are these, and what do you think is the problem?  Would
 we want to wait to fix this until we have funding for nightly builds, or
 is this something we should fix anyway?

 Well, the build VMs don't have a webserver for obvious reasons, but they
 need to be able to get the packages to a place that can sign them, and
 then they need to be able to get them to a place with a webserver. Without
 that, we would build nightlies, but not do anything with them.

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