Box-Admins March 2013

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Squeak4.5-12568 available
by Chris Muller 01 Apr '13

01 Apr '13

I noticed we did not have any 4.5 alpha version available for download. A clean update from the 4.4 release to the current 4.5 alpha is now available at http://ftp.squeak.org/4.5alpha. PS -- I accidentally also uploaded .image and .changes but no permissions to delete them. Could someone from box-admins do that or add me to the "updates" group and then I can do it?

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External package builds
by Frank Shearar 22 Mar '13

22 Mar '13

So if you've looked at the list of jobs on Jenkins lately you'll notice it's drastically shorter. I've folded all the deleted jobs into one job, ExternalPackage, that * bootstraps a Smalltalk environment (Cog VM, Interpreter VM, etc.) * preps an image for running tests (updates an image, loads HudsonBuildTools, and saves the image as a base state) * for each Squeak version (currently only 4.4 and 4.5; 4.3 needs to have an Installer fix first) ** for each external package *** loads the package through package-load-test/MyPackage.st *** runs the test Which means drastically less disk space, but at the cost of quick-glance how're-all-packages-doing. Now you'll have to drill down a bit to see failing tests: http://build.squeak.org/job/ExternalPackages/24/testReport/ Ken's found one problem with the new world order, which is that you sometimes get processes launched by the build that don't get killed. I _hope_ I've fixed this by extending the timeout period for a test sufficiently. frank

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Stuck processes on build.squeak.org?
by Ken Causey 19 Mar '13

19 Mar '13

I had a busy weekend and am just now getting around to checking the build server. It seems that on the 16th some Jenkins task(s) left behind processes. Here is an except from ps auwx: jenkins 21613 0.0 0.0 1748 64 ? S Mar16 0:00 sh -c nice /var/lib/jenkins/workspace/ExternalPackages/target/cog.r2701/coglinux/bin/squeak -vm-sound-null -vm-display-null "/var/lib/jenkins/workspace/ExternalPackages/target/Control.image" /var/lib/jenkin jenkins 21615 1.7 0.3 1054528 3100 ? SN Mar16 49:42 /var/lib/jenkins/workspace/ExternalPackages/target/cog.r2701/coglinux/bin/../lib/squeak/4.0-2701/squeak -vm-sound-null -vm-display-null /var/lib/jenkins/workspace/ExternalPackages/target/Control.image /var/ jenkins 24943 0.0 0.0 1748 64 ? S Mar16 0:00 sh -c nice /var/lib/jenkins/workspace/ExternalPackages/target/Squeak-4.10.2.2614-src-32/bld/squeak -vm-sound-null -vm-display-null "/var/lib/jenkins/workspace/ExternalPackages/target/Control.image" /var/lib jenkins 24945 1.8 0.3 1052956 4092 ? SN Mar16 53:08 /var/lib/jenkins/workspace/ExternalPackages/target/Squeak-4.10.2.2614-src-32/bld/squeakvm -vm-sound-null -vm-display-null /var/lib/jenkins/workspace/ExternalPackages/target/Control.image /var/lib/jenkins/wo jenkins 24955 0.0 0.0 1748 64 ? S Mar16 0:00 sh -c nice /var/lib/jenkins/workspace/ExternalPackages/target/cog.r2701/coglinux/bin/squeak -vm-sound-null -vm-display-null "/var/lib/jenkins/workspace/ExternalPackages/target/FFI.image" /var/lib/jenkins/wo jenkins 24957 2.2 0.6 1054544 6204 ? RN Mar16 63:01 /var/lib/jenkins/workspace/ExternalPackages/target/cog.r2701/coglinux/bin/../lib/squeak/4.0-2701/squeak -vm-sound-null -vm-display-null /var/lib/jenkins/workspace/ExternalPackages/target/FFI.image /var/lib/ jenkins 24969 0.0 0.0 1748 64 ? S Mar16 0:00 sh -c nice /var/lib/jenkins/workspace/ExternalPackages/target/Squeak-4.10.2.2614-src-32/bld/squeak -vm-sound-null -vm-display-null "/var/lib/jenkins/workspace/ExternalPackages/target/FFI.image" /var/lib/jen jenkins 24971 1.8 1.1 1052956 11644 ? RN Mar16 52:26 /var/lib/jenkins/workspace/ExternalPackages/target/Squeak-4.10.2.2614-src-32/bld/squeakvm -vm-sound-null -vm-display-null /var/lib/jenkins/workspace/ExternalPackages/target/FFI.image /var/lib/jenkins/worksp jenkins 24982 0.0 0.0 1748 64 ? S Mar16 0:00 sh -c nice /var/lib/jenkins/workspace/ExternalPackages/target/cog.r2701/coglinux/bin/squeak -vm-sound-null -vm-display-null "/var/lib/jenkins/workspace/ExternalPackages/target/Quaternion.image" /var/lib/jen jenkins 24984 2.2 0.6 1054540 7204 ? RN Mar16 62:41 /var/lib/jenkins/workspace/ExternalPackages/target/cog.r2701/coglinux/bin/../lib/squeak/4.0-2701/squeak -vm-sound-null -vm-display-null /var/lib/jenkins/workspace/ExternalPackages/target/Quaternion.image /v jenkins 25005 0.0 0.0 1748 64 ? S Mar16 0:00 sh -c nice /var/lib/jenkins/workspace/ExternalPackages/target/Squeak-4.10.2.2614-src-32/bld/squeak -vm-sound-null -vm-display-null "/var/lib/jenkins/workspace/ExternalPackages/target/Quaternion.image" /var/ jenkins 25007 1.8 1.0 1052956 10932 ? RN Mar16 52:43 /var/lib/jenkins/workspace/ExternalPackages/target/Squeak-4.10.2.2614-src-32/bld/squeakvm -vm-sound-null -vm-display-null /var/lib/jenkins/workspace/ExternalPackages/target/Quaternion.image /var/lib/jenkins jenkins 25036 0.0 0.0 1748 64 ? S Mar16 0:00 sh -c nice /var/lib/jenkins/workspace/ExternalPackages/target/cog.r2701/coglinux/bin/squeak -vm-sound-null -vm-display-null "/var/lib/jenkins/workspace/ExternalPackages/target/Phexample.image" /var/lib/jenk jenkins 25038 2.2 1.2 1054544 12796 ? RN Mar16 63:10 /var/lib/jenkins/workspace/ExternalPackages/target/cog.r2701/coglinux/bin/../lib/squeak/4.0-2701/squeak -vm-sound-null -vm-display-null /var/lib/jenkins/workspace/ExternalPackages/target/Phexample.image /va jenkins 25105 0.0 0.0 1748 128 ? S Mar16 0:00 sh -c nice /var/lib/jenkins/workspace/ExternalPackages/target/Squeak-4.10.2.2614-src-32/bld/squeak -vm-sound-null -vm-display-null "/var/lib/jenkins/workspace/ExternalPackages/target/Phexample.image" /var/l jenkins 25107 1.8 2.4 1052956 25264 ? SN Mar16 53:12 /var/lib/jenkins/workspace/ExternalPackages/target/Squeak-4.10.2.2614-src-32/bld/squeakvm -vm-sound-null -vm-display-null /var/lib/jenkins/workspace/ExternalPackages/target/Phexample.image /var/lib/jenkins/ jenkins 25127 0.0 0.0 1748 128 ? S Mar16 0:00 sh -c nice /var/lib/jenkins/workspace/ExternalPackages/target/cog.r2701/coglinux/bin/squeak -vm-sound-null -vm-display-null "/var/lib/jenkins/workspace/ExternalPackages/target/RoelTyper.image" /var/lib/jenk jenkins 25129 2.2 2.3 792396 23880 ? SN Mar16 62:52 /var/lib/jenkins/workspace/ExternalPackages/target/cog.r2701/coglinux/bin/../lib/squeak/4.0-2701/squeak -vm-sound-null -vm-display-null /var/lib/jenkins/workspace/ExternalPackages/target/RoelTyper.image /va jenkins 25148 0.0 0.0 1748 128 ? S Mar16 0:00 sh -c nice /var/lib/jenkins/workspace/ExternalPackages/target/Squeak-4.10.2.2614-src-32/bld/squeak -vm-sound-null -vm-display-null "/var/lib/jenkins/workspace/ExternalPackages/target/RoelTyper.image" /var/l jenkins 25150 1.8 2.0 790820 21652 ? RN Mar16 52:33 /var/lib/jenkins/workspace/ExternalPackages/target/Squeak-4.10.2.2614-src-32/bld/squeakvm -vm-sound-null -vm-display-null /var/lib/jenkins/workspace/ExternalPackages/target/RoelTyper.image /var/lib/jenkins/ jenkins 25160 0.0 0.0 1748 124 ? S Mar16 0:00 sh -c nice /var/lib/jenkins/workspace/ExternalPackages/target/cog.r2701/coglinux/bin/squeak -vm-sound-null -vm-display-null "/var/lib/jenkins/workspace/ExternalPackages/target/SqueakCheck.image" /var/lib/je jenkins 25162 2.2 2.9 792400 30608 ? RN Mar16 63:05 /var/lib/jenkins/workspace/ExternalPackages/target/cog.r2701/coglinux/bin/../lib/squeak/4.0-2701/squeak -vm-sound-null -vm-display-null /var/lib/jenkins/workspace/ExternalPackages/target/SqueakCheck.image / jenkins 25175 0.0 0.0 1748 128 ? S Mar16 0:00 sh -c nice /var/lib/jenkins/workspace/ExternalPackages/target/Squeak-4.10.2.2614-src-32/bld/squeak -vm-sound-null -vm-display-null "/var/lib/jenkins/workspace/ExternalPackages/target/SqueakCheck.image" /var jenkins 25177 1.8 3.0 790812 31692 ? RN Mar16 52:38 /var/lib/jenkins/workspace/ExternalPackages/target/Squeak-4.10.2.2614-src-32/bld/squeakvm -vm-sound-null -vm-display-null /var/lib/jenkins/workspace/ExternalPackages/target/SqueakCheck.image /var/lib/jenkin jenkins 25188 0.0 0.0 1748 124 ? S Mar16 0:00 sh -c nice /var/lib/jenkins/workspace/ExternalPackages/target/cog.r2701/coglinux/bin/squeak -vm-sound-null -vm-display-null "/var/lib/jenkins/workspace/ExternalPackages/target/Zippers.image" /var/lib/jenkin jenkins 25190 2.2 2.3 792392 23872 ? RN Mar16 63:48 /var/lib/jenkins/workspace/ExternalPackages/target/cog.r2701/coglinux/bin/../lib/squeak/4.0-2701/squeak -vm-sound-null -vm-display-null /var/lib/jenkins/workspace/ExternalPackages/target/Zippers.image /var/ jenkins 25202 0.0 0.0 1748 128 ? S Mar16 0:00 sh -c nice /var/lib/jenkins/workspace/ExternalPackages/target/Squeak-4.10.2.2614-src-32/bld/squeak -vm-sound-null -vm-display-null "/var/lib/jenkins/workspace/ExternalPackages/target/Zippers.image" /var/lib jenkins 25204 1.8 2.0 790812 21648 ? RN Mar16 52:11 /var/lib/jenkins/workspace/ExternalPackages/target/Squeak-4.10.2.2614-src-32/bld/squeakvm -vm-sound-null -vm-display-null /var/lib/jenkins/workspace/ExternalPackages/target/Zippers.image /var/lib/jenkins/wo jenkins 25291 0.0 0.0 1748 124 ? S Mar16 0:00 sh -c nice /var/lib/jenkins/workspace/ExternalPackages/target/Squeak-4.10.2.2614-src-32/bld/squeak -vm-sound-null -vm-display-null "/var/lib/jenkins/workspace/ExternalPackages/target/FFI.image" /var/lib/jen jenkins 25293 1.7 2.7 790816 28028 ? RN Mar16 49:08 /var/lib/jenkins/workspace/ExternalPackages/target/Squeak-4.10.2.2614-src-32/bld/squeakvm -vm-sound-null -vm-display-null /var/lib/jenkins/workspace/ExternalPackages/target/FFI.image /var/lib/jenkins/worksp jenkins 28334 0.0 0.0 1748 124 ? S Mar16 0:00 sh -c nice /var/lib/jenkins/workspace/ExternalPackages/target/cog.r2701/coglinux/bin/squeak -vm-sound-null -vm-display-null "/var/lib/jenkins/workspace/ExternalPackages/target/Quaternion.image" /var/lib/jen jenkins 28336 2.2 2.3 792400 23884 ? RN Mar16 62:42 /var/lib/jenkins/workspace/ExternalPackages/target/cog.r2701/coglinux/bin/../lib/squeak/4.0-2701/squeak -vm-sound-null -vm-display-null /var/lib/jenkins/workspace/ExternalPackages/target/Quaternion.image /v jenkins 28349 0.0 0.0 1748 128 ? S Mar16 0:00 sh -c nice /var/lib/jenkins/workspace/ExternalPackages/target/Squeak-4.10.2.2614-src-32/bld/squeak -vm-sound-null -vm-display-null "/var/lib/jenkins/workspace/ExternalPackages/target/Quaternion.image" /var/ jenkins 28351 1.8 1.9 790812 20548 ? RN Mar16 52:44 /var/lib/jenkins/workspace/ExternalPackages/target/Squeak-4.10.2.2614-src-32/bld/squeakvm -vm-sound-null -vm-display-null /var/lib/jenkins/workspace/ExternalPackages/target/Quaternion.image /var/lib/jenkins jenkins 28362 0.0 0.0 1748 128 ? S Mar16 0:00 sh -c nice /var/lib/jenkins/workspace/ExternalPackages/target/cog.r2701/coglinux/bin/squeak -vm-sound-null -vm-display-null "/var/lib/jenkins/workspace/ExternalPackages/target/Phexample.image" /var/lib/jenk jenkins 28364 2.2 3.0 792400 31036 ? RN Mar16 61:19 /var/lib/jenkins/workspace/ExternalPackages/target/cog.r2701/coglinux/bin/../lib/squeak/4.0-2701/squeak -vm-sound-null -vm-display-null /var/lib/jenkins/workspace/ExternalPackages/target/Phexample.image /va jenkins 28377 0.0 0.0 1748 128 ? S Mar16 0:00 sh -c nice /var/lib/jenkins/workspace/ExternalPackages/target/Squeak-4.10.2.2614-src-32/bld/squeak -vm-sound-null -vm-display-null "/var/lib/jenkins/workspace/ExternalPackages/target/Phexample.image" /var/l jenkins 28379 1.8 2.4 594204 25276 ? SN Mar16 52:26 /var/lib/jenkins/workspace/ExternalPackages/target/Squeak-4.10.2.2614-src-32/bld/squeakvm -vm-sound-null -vm-display-null /var/lib/jenkins/workspace/ExternalPackages/target/Phexample.image /var/lib/jenkins/ jenkins 28390 0.0 0.0 1748 128 ? S Mar16 0:00 sh -c nice /var/lib/jenkins/workspace/ExternalPackages/target/cog.r2701/coglinux/bin/squeak -vm-sound-null -vm-display-null "/var/lib/jenkins/workspace/ExternalPackages/target/RoelTyper.image" /var/lib/jenk jenkins 28392 2.2 2.3 595800 23888 ? RN Mar16 62:51 /var/lib/jenkins/workspace/ExternalPackages/target/cog.r2701/coglinux/bin/../lib/squeak/4.0-2701/squeak -vm-sound-null -vm-display-null /var/lib/jenkins/workspace/ExternalPackages/target/RoelTyper.image /va jenkins 28405 0.0 0.0 1748 128 ? S Mar16 0:00 sh -c nice /var/lib/jenkins/workspace/ExternalPackages/target/Squeak-4.10.2.2614-src-32/bld/squeak -vm-sound-null -vm-display-null "/var/lib/jenkins/workspace/ExternalPackages/target/RoelTyper.image" /var/l jenkins 28407 1.8 2.0 594204 21636 ? RN Mar16 51:58 /var/lib/jenkins/workspace/ExternalPackages/target/Squeak-4.10.2.2614-src-32/bld/squeakvm -vm-sound-null -vm-display-null /var/lib/jenkins/workspace/ExternalPackages/target/RoelTyper.image /var/lib/jenkins/ jenkins 28418 0.0 0.0 1748 124 ? S Mar16 0:00 sh -c nice /var/lib/jenkins/workspace/ExternalPackages/target/cog.r2701/coglinux/bin/squeak -vm-sound-null -vm-display-null "/var/lib/jenkins/workspace/ExternalPackages/target/SqueakCheck.image" /var/lib/je jenkins 28420 2.2 3.0 595792 31188 ? RN Mar16 62:31 /var/lib/jenkins/workspace/ExternalPackages/target/cog.r2701/coglinux/bin/../lib/squeak/4.0-2701/squeak -vm-sound-null -vm-display-null /var/lib/jenkins/workspace/ExternalPackages/target/SqueakCheck.image / jenkins 28441 0.0 0.0 1748 124 ? S Mar16 0:00 sh -c nice /var/lib/jenkins/workspace/ExternalPackages/target/Squeak-4.10.2.2614-src-32/bld/squeak -vm-sound-null -vm-display-null "/var/lib/jenkins/workspace/ExternalPackages/target/SqueakCheck.image" /var jenkins 28443 1.9 3.0 594204 31656 ? SN Mar16 52:40 /var/lib/jenkins/workspace/ExternalPackages/target/Squeak-4.10.2.2614-src-32/bld/squeakvm -vm-sound-null -vm-display-null /var/lib/jenkins/workspace/ExternalPackages/target/SqueakCheck.image /var/lib/jenkin jenkins 28453 0.0 0.0 1748 128 ? S Mar16 0:00 sh -c nice /var/lib/jenkins/workspace/ExternalPackages/target/cog.r2701/coglinux/bin/squeak -vm-sound-null -vm-display-null "/var/lib/jenkins/workspace/ExternalPackages/target/Zippers.image" /var/lib/jenkin jenkins 28455 2.2 2.3 595784 23872 ? SN Mar16 63:14 /var/lib/jenkins/workspace/ExternalPackages/target/cog.r2701/coglinux/bin/../lib/squeak/4.0-2701/squeak -vm-sound-null -vm-display-null /var/lib/jenkins/workspace/ExternalPackages/target/Zippers.image /var/ jenkins 28468 0.0 0.0 1748 124 ? S Mar16 0:00 sh -c nice /var/lib/jenkins/workspace/ExternalPackages/target/Squeak-4.10.2.2614-src-32/bld/squeak -vm-sound-null -vm-display-null "/var/lib/jenkins/workspace/ExternalPackages/target/Zippers.image" /var/lib jenkins 28470 1.8 2.0 594204 21648 ? RN Mar16 51:52 /var/lib/jenkins/workspace/ExternalPackages/target/Squeak-4.10.2.2614-src-32/bld/squeakvm -vm-sound-null -vm-display-null /var/lib/jenkins/workspace/ExternalPackages/target/Zippers.image /var/lib/jenkins/wo jenkins 28808 0.0 0.0 1748 128 ? S Mar16 0:00 sh -c nice /var/lib/jenkins/workspace/ExternalPackages/target/cog.r2701/coglinux/bin/squeak -vm-sound-null -vm-display-null "/var/lib/jenkins/workspace/ExternalPackages/target/Phexample.image" /var/lib/jenk jenkins 28810 2.2 3.5 595784 36792 ? RN Mar16 58:51 /var/lib/jenkins/workspace/ExternalPackages/target/cog.r2701/coglinux/bin/../lib/squeak/4.0-2701/squeak -vm-sound-null -vm-display-null /var/lib/jenkins/workspace/ExternalPackages/target/Phexample.image /va I would just kill these processes but I'm not sure if that is a good idea. Ken

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Problem with the CogVM job
by David T. Lewis 13 Mar '13

13 Mar '13

FYI: The CogVM job seems to be having problems for the last couple of days. It does not seem to be the VM itself, as it is also failing when I delete the locally build VM to force use of an interpreter. Unfortunately I don't have time to debug it now, so I am just mentioning it here so you know that I'm aware that there is a problem. Dave

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Jenkins account
by Bert Freudenberg 08 Mar '13

08 Mar '13

Not sure how these are handled, but I'd like to have one, mainly for peeking around, eventually to add Etoys builds ... I noticed a lot of the workspaces have multiple images in them, is that intentional? Seems like a waste of space. And are e.g. the source files symlinked? - Bert -

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Re: [squeak-dev] Updating the website (was :Squeak 4.4 download link on squeak.org home page?)
by Ken Causey 08 Mar '13

08 Mar '13

First let me note that Janko's description of how to get VNC access working below is not quite right, I'll clarify in a separate email later. For some reason the website won't run under VNC but does so fine otherwise. I'm going to reboot the server, it's about due for it anyway, and then try again at which point I will report back. Ken On 03/06/2013 03:56 PM, Janko Mivšek wrote: > Hi guys, > > Dne 06. 03. 2013 22:13, piše Chris Cunnington: > >>> This is now at >> >>> http://ftp.squeak.org/4.4/Squeak-4.4-All-in-One.zip >> >>> Someone please update the website. >> >>> - Bert - >> >> >> The main content area of the Scribo/Aida is easy to change, as it's a >> wiki. The columns on either side are harder. The Download section, I >> believe, requires a code change. > > Yep, because of PayPal interference those sections are not editable > anymore without small code change. > >> Somebody needs to VNC in and make a >> change somewhere. I had a VNC password, but I don't know what happened >> to it. And it was spotty at best. Janko posted today, so maybe you could >> ask him. This may be the time to switch to the a new website. The > > Someone with root access please: > > - kill the 'supervise www.squeak.org' process (4176) > - kill the website's squeakvm process (21280) > - su website > - tightvncserver& > > After that the website iamge will be accessible via VNC and I can edit it. > > Best regards > Janko > > >> Altitude one I developed or someone could make one with Seaside. I >> imagine those are all the options. >> >> Chris >> >> >> >> >> >> >

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DNS Changes Upcoming/Deprecation of SqueakFoundation.org (2nd sending)
by Ken Causey 08 Mar '13

08 Mar '13

(I sent this in early January but have had absolutely no response. Frankly I have to admit I haven't been making great progress on my end although it is happening. However it will all be for naught if the changes outlined below, which I can't directly cause to happen, are not made. If you get this and can't help make the changes directly you may be able to help if you can contact one of those who can. Please help.) We are soon to shut down the old Hetzner hosted server (box2.squeakfoundation.org) which will be replaced with a couple of Gandi.net VPSs for our server infrastructure. One of the earlier steps in that is to setup DNS on the new systems and update our domain names so that they are listed as the primary DNS servers. In the process of this I believe one thing we would like to do is to, as much as reasonable, replace the use of squeakfoundation.org host names with squeak.org host names. For example lists.squeak.org rather than lists.squeakfoundation.org. It is not my intention to break anything, as much as I can I intend to have the old host names work as well as the new, but squeak.org host names will take primacy. A crucial part of this is that the root DNS name server records for the name servers for these domain names will need to be updated. On the one hand they will need to be updated to reflect the fact our DNS servers are moving and so the IPs are changing. Secondarily, consistent with the deprecation of the squeakfoundation.org domain name, the host names that are used for the DNS servers also need to be changed. To make this clearer the CURRENT situation is that At Network Solutions: Host name records exist for: a.ns.squeakfoundation.org (85.10.195.197) b.ns.squeakfoundation.org (69.72.148.198) The domain squeak.org is configured to use the hosts above for DNS servers. At Gandi: The domain squeakfoundation.org is configured to use a.ns.squeakfoundation.org, b.ns.squeakfoundation.org, and ns6.gandi.net for its DNS servers. I would like to have the above UPDATED in the following fashion: At Network Solutions: Update the domain squeakfoundation.org so that it uses a.ns.squeak.org (173.246.104.42) b.ns.squeak.org (173.246.101.237) for its DNS servers. And remove the root host name records for a.ns.squeakfoundation.org and b.ns.squeakfoundation.org entirely. At Gandi: Add root host name records for a.ns.squeak.org (173.246.104.42) b.ns.squeak.org (173.246.101.237) Update the squeak.org domain name so that it uses a.ns.squeak.org (173.246.104.42) b.ns.squeak.org (173.246.101.237) ns6.gandi.net (217.70.177.40) for its DNS servers. Update the setup for ns6.gandi.net so that it looks to a.ns.squeak.org as it's primary for squeak.org. I know this is a lot of information and I may not have made it as clear as it could be. If you think you may have some responsibility to do something regarding this but you aren't sure what, feel free to contact me and I will try to be more specific as to how you can help. There is no immediate rush but preferably all this should be completed ASAP in preparation for closing down the old server. Thanks! Ken Causey

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Re: Squeak Benchmarks Process Priority
by Frank Shearar 07 Mar '13

07 Mar '13

On 6 March 2013 21:37, Jeff Gonis <jeff.gonis(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Frank, > > So to my chagrin the performance tests on Squeak-CI are pretty much > worse than useless, displaying up to a 100% difference in times > between builds. For my part I am looking into the SMark framework > that Stefan Marr offered and working to learn that and see how I could > use it. > > But I was curious if there were some other steps I could take in the > meantime to try and get the times to be a little more repeatable. The > first thing that comes to mind is that we "nice" the vm with I believe > the default value before running it for both the tests and the > benchmarks, I don't know how to log into the server Jenkins is running > on so I can't see what the default value of nice is, but I am assuming > it is 0 as that seems fairly standard. Do you think it would be > reasonable to try out a high-priority value for at least the > benchmarks portion of the SqueakTrunk build. Fire off the benchmarks > at a -20 priority and see if we can get some repeatability? > > I am not sure about the impacts this might have elsewhere, which is > why I wanted to run it by you before sending a pull request. If there > is some other easy win that I have overlooked that leaps to mind > please let me know, otherwise I will keep plugging away with SMark, > and also look into running the tests multiple times to warm up Cog. > > Thanks for your help, > Jeff G. Hi Jeff, The box-admins folk might have further insight, but I think renicing to be hardcore might be the sensible thing. The performance tests don't run for long, and would only run with the SqueakTrunk build, so shouldn't impact too much on things... but I don't recall what other services run on that box. frank

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SqueakV44.source won't die
by Frank Shearar 07 Mar '13

07 Mar '13

I think it's a permissions problem, but the updates user can't delete http://ftp.squeak.org/4.4/SqueakV44.sources.zip Would someone mind kicking it? Thanks, frank

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Squeak CI Benchmarking Priority
by Jeff Gonis 06 Mar '13

06 Mar '13

Hi Everyone, So I initially emailed Frank Shearar and he suggested that I send a message to this list to get some feedback as well. Right now, much to my dismay, the Squeak CI benchmarking is pretty useless, showing huge variances in the runtimes of the benchmarks between revisions. I am currently taking a look at the SMark framework that Stefan Marr suggested for benchmarking, to see if that will help make the benchmarks be of higher quality. In the meantime, however, I would like to see what I can do to get some quick wins. On my side I am working on running the benchmarks multiple times to warm up the Cog JIT, but I would also like to investigate the priority that we run the benchmarks at. Right now we launch the vm with the default "nice" priority. I can't get into the box to see what the default is, but I would suspect that it is probably 0, as this seems pretty standard. If I bumped the priority to -20, to see if this would give the benchmarks a bit more stability would anyone be drastically impacted? They only run when the SqueakTrunk project is run, and they shouldn't run for too long. I am in fact working on cutting down the runtime a bit to have them complete quicker, so we shouldn't have a super high priority process running all day every day on the server. Does anyone have a large objection to this idea? Is it ok if I go ahead and implement it on a test basis to see if it has an effect on the benchmark times? Thanks for your feedback, Jeff

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