The mac mini used for the D auto-tester has a failing drive (all but failed at this point).  I've got the tools to crack it open and a new drive on the way, but until then, the box is mostly dead.  It's the only mac tester.

So, to avoid going to go without testing on a mac for several days, I need someone to loan me access to their system.  Even better more than one person.  Even better, for more than just a few days.  Having just a single test host == single point of failure.  I don't like single points of failure.

Any volunteers?  Please send me mail.

Thanks,
Brad

On Monday, 17 February 2014 at 19:34:34 UTC, Brad Roberts wrote:
> The mac mini used for the D auto-tester has a failing drive (all but failed at this point).  I've got the tools to crack it open and a new drive on the way, but until then, the box is mostly dead.  It's the only mac tester.
>
> So, to avoid going to go without testing on a mac for several days, I need someone to loan me access to their system.  Even better more than one person.  Even better, for more than just a few days.  Having just a single test host == single point of failure.  I don't like single points of failure.
>
> Any volunteers?  Please send me mail.
>
> Thanks,
> Brad

I was looking for a cheap way to rent a mac recently, this is the best I found:

http://virtualmacosx.com/index.php/xcode-plans

$5/week or $14.75/month for the cheapest plans, if you can't find anything else quickly.  I haven't used it so I don't know if they allow an auto-tester, but they have desktop and server plans that'd likely allow running one.

On 2/17/14, 1:51 PM, Joakim wrote:
> On Monday, 17 February 2014 at 19:34:34 UTC, Brad Roberts wrote:
>> The mac mini used for the D auto-tester has a failing drive (all but
>> failed at this point).  I've got the tools to crack it open and a new
>> drive on the way, but until then, the box is mostly dead.  It's the
>> only mac tester.
>>
>> So, to avoid going to go without testing on a mac for several days, I
>> need someone to loan me access to their system.  Even better more than
>> one person.  Even better, for more than just a few days.  Having just
>> a single test host == single point of failure.  I don't like single
>> points of failure.
>>
>> Any volunteers?  Please send me mail.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Brad
>
> I was looking for a cheap way to rent a mac recently, this is the best I
> found:
>
> http://virtualmacosx.com/index.php/xcode-plans
>
> $5/week or $14.75/month for the cheapest plans, if you can't find
> anything else quickly.  I haven't used it so I don't know if they allow
> an auto-tester, but they have desktop and server plans that'd likely
> allow running one.

They explicitly list CI/Build Servers as a server plan use case.  That puts it into the $35/month category, or more likely $45/month since I don't believe the tester can survive with only 1 gig of memory.  I'm already spending a couple hundred a month running this thing and would rather not add to that.

Travis CI does have Mac boxes, can't you use them?

If travis ci can query and interact with my build coordinator, then maybe, but I'm pretty sure the answer is it can't.  And, if it can I doubt they're willing to dedicate one of their boxes to my test fleet, which is what I need.  The test fleet is busy 24/7 and almost never catches up and goes idle.

On 2/18/14, 5:45 AM, Artem Tarasov wrote:
> Travis CI does have Mac boxes, can't you use them?