[Buildbot-devel] Windows TLC needed

[Marcus Lindblom]

On 2010-02-01 17:37, Dustin J. Mitchell wrote:
> I think we would all like to have buildbot 0.8.0 work much better on Windows.
>
> Currently, we're failing 69 tests:
>    http://buildbot.net/metabuildbot/builders/slave-vermwin/

And that's without running Arch, Bazaar, Bzr, Mercurial, Darcs and 
Perforce tests...

> and need a new way to run shell commands on the slave:
>    http://buildbot.net/trac/ticket/377

Ugh.

> I am simply unable to take care of this - I don't have any Windows
> systems, nor do I know the first thing about Windows APIs.
>
> So please, if you have some windows experience, can you jump in and help out?

The VC-tests are upset on my computer due to newlines and other 
problems, but many other things are beyond my knowledge of Twisted and 
other things. :-|

I'll see what I can do with some parts anyway.

Cheers,
/Marcus