[pypy-svn] r41093 - pypy/dist/pypy/doc

[guido at codespeak.net]

Author: guido
Date: Thu Mar 22 17:16:25 2007
New Revision: 41093

Modified:
   pypy/dist/pypy/doc/getting-started.txt
Log:
Added note about the build server in 'Translating the PyPy interpreter'
section.


Modified: pypy/dist/pypy/doc/getting-started.txt
==============================================================================
--- pypy/dist/pypy/doc/getting-started.txt	(original)
+++ pypy/dist/pypy/doc/getting-started.txt	Thu Mar 22 17:16:25 2007
@@ -743,6 +743,39 @@
 loaded when accessing .NET namespaces as they were Python modules, as
 IronPython does.
 
+Translate using the Build Tool
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
+
+If you don't have access to the required resources to build PyPy yourself,
+or want to build it on a platform you don't have access to, you can use
+the 'build tool', a set of components that allow translating and
+compiling PyPy on remote servers. The build tool provides a meta server
+that manages a set of connected build servers; clients can request a build
+by specifying target options and Subversion revision and path, and the meta
+server will do its best to get the request fullfilled.
+
+The meta server is made available on codespeak.net and there should always be
+a number of build servers running. If you want to request a compilation, just
+issue::
+
+  $ ./bin/startcompile.py [options] <email>
+
+in the root of the PyPy package, replacing '[options]' with the options you
+desire and '<email>' with your email address. Type::
+
+  $ ./bin/startcompile.py --help
+
+to see a list of available options.
+
+To donate build server time (we'd be eternally thankful! ;) just run::
+
+  $ ./bin/buildserver.py
+
+without arguments. Do mind that you need a decent machine with enough RAM
+(about 2 GB is recommended) and that you need to remove older 'build-\*'
+dirs from /tmp from time to time if you decide to participate.
+
+Note: currently Windows is not supported.
 
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