wxPython/distrib/all/README.txt

   1 The collection of scripts in this directory are an attempt to fully
   2 automate the build of the wxPython source and binary packages on all
   3 build platforms.  It does this through creative use of ssh and scp
   4 commands to the remote build machines, so this will likely only work
   5 in my somewhat unique environment.
   6
   7 The goal here is to be able to start a build on one machine and have
   8 it take care of all the steps, including moving the source tarball to
   9 the other build machines, initiating the build there, and collecting
  10 the results.  Depending on the type of build, (see below) the results
  11 may be copied to a public server for others to play with.
  12
  13 Types of builds:
  14
  15       dryrun
  16                 Nothing extra is done with the build, this is just for
  17                 my own testing.
  18
  19       daily
  20                 The version number is temporarily adjusted to include a
  21                 datestamp, and if the build is successful the results
  22                 are copied to a daily build folder on starship.
  23
  24       release
  25                 The results are uploaded to the previews foler on
  26                 starship if the build is successful.
  27
  28
  29 The master script in this folder is build-all (written in Python)
  30 which will setup and control the whole process.  The other scripts
  31 (using bash) are launched from build-all either to do specific tasks
  32 locally, or to run on each individual build machine to manage the
  33 build process there, usually by calling out to other scripts that
  34 already exist.  The build-all script uses the taskrunner.py and
  35 subprocess Python modules.
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