On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 23:47, Nigel Daley <ndaley@mac.com> wrote:
> +1.
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> Once HADOOP-7106 is committed, I'd like to propose we create a directory at the same level of common/hdfs/mapreduce to hold build (and deploy) type scripts and files.  These would then get branches/tagged with the rest of the release.

That makes sense, although I don't see changes of the host
configurations to happen very often.

Cos

> Nige
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> On Feb 25, 2011, at 7:55 PM, Konstantin Boudnik wrote:
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>> Looking at re-occurring build/test-patch problems on hadoop? build machines I
>> thought of a way to make them:
>>  a) all the same (configuration, installed software wise)
>>  b) have an effortless system to run upgrades/updates on all of them in a
>>  controlled fashion.
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>> I would suggest to create Puppet configs (the exact content to be defined)
>> which we'll be checked in SCM (e.g. SVN), Whenever a build host's software
>> is needed to be restored/updated a simple run of Puppet across the machines
>> or change in config and run of Puppet will do the magic for us.
>>
>> If there are no objections from the community I can put together some
>> Puppet recipes which might be evolved as we go.
>>
>> --
>> Take care,
>>       Cos
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>> After all, it is only the mediocre who are always at their best.
>>                Jean Giraudoux
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