No PPC Nightlies since the 11th

[kdean]

There hasn't been any PPC Nightlies since the 11th while intel shows some from the 20th to the 22nd.

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

Nightlies are not a due.

[marklar]

They may not be a "due", but since "Mac OS X PowerPC" is listed in the column of "nightly builds" and not the column which specifies that nightly builds aren't automatically built (implying that the first column labeled "nightly builds" is true to its name) the post is certainly reasonable.

What would keep this process from being done? Lack of interest or lack of hardware? As I have just finally built / compiled my first VLC today and cannot comment with insight, I would wonder if it isn't possible to use Automator to run the process--even weekly if not nightly? The # of G4, G5 (and even G3) machines out there that are still active is still considerable...I would believe probably greater than the # of intel macs out there, whether running 10.4 or 10.5.

That said, know that first and foremost I am greatly appreciative of the work of the project as a whole, and have had great overall experience with VLC...it is my favorite player. The 0.95 build is quite good, and the last "nightly" build of Sept. 11 is even better (except that it won't "Quit" -- and neither will the build I just made from the latest GIT)

If it is a lack of manpower or machine, I would be willing to run the GIT and configure make and upload the result weekly, but my skills are limited.

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

Just a lack of time. See http://buildbot.videolan.org/waterfall to understand why it is broken.

[marklar]

Wow: impressive...thanks for sharing that insight.

I have a few PPC G4 machines, and one G3 if ever it would be needed to attempt another build.

Many thanks.

- m

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

It is not really a secret, you know.

http://buildbot.videolan.org/builders/N ... /steps/VLC Compilation/logs/stdio says:

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REVISION=`git describe` && \ cat ./extras/package/macosx/Info.plist | \ sed "s/#REVISION#/$REVISION/g" > ./tmp/extras/package/macosx/Info.plist fatal: cannot describe 'ce9b3ea8e724dc6f36c9a84ccacc56fa354bde60'

[marklar]

ahhh, well, to me, this is all new. Was unaware of the "waterfall" which is why I thought it may be just a lack of hardware to do the job.

Having not programmed anything since Apple II BASIC in the early 80's, I'm a bit embarassed at my lack of abilities. Thanks for introducing me to the resources on the web. Trust I've been reading, and reading slowly at that--without a programming education / background must look many things up, and things that seem very clear to those with a background are like reading a foreign language to me, even in a page as basic as the wiki for osx compile. Had to look up references for terminal commands and other fundamentals that most others here would take for granted.

In fact, on several other occasions wanted to build VLC or mPlayer or other things, and just got frustrated following the "build for dummies" as they were over my head...so while it is laughable, was actually happy to succeed in building something! I'm so uninformed on the topic was not even sure for instance where the result of my build would end up...pleasantly suprised it was in the vlc source folder...(hope that is good for a laugh ...and to put my (lack of) abilities into perspective...

Again, appreciate the insight, will enjoy experimenting with the GIT and build which is all new to me.

Many Thanks,

- m

And to the positive, VLC project has consistently done a far better job than mPlayer in putting out binaries that make the projects efforts accessible to the masses who don't know diddly about anything other than operating the GUI...kudos.