Re: Should we get an account and add them to the Xenofarm?

This may be difficult if not impossible.  Unless the testdrive setup
has changed, HP used to prevent all outgoing connections through their
firewall.  This means you cannot do a cvs update from their machines
to pull down the latest python.  You would have to ship a tarball
there each time.

I would love to see this changed.  At least if they openned up CVS
pserver access to SF.  It would make life a lot easier.

The testdrive machines are a valuable resource, which I have used.

Neal


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> Public accessible Debian Machines
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> Hewlett-Packard (HP) offers public access to several machines running
> Debian GNU/Linux through their Test Drive program.  Software authors
> and prospective users are offered an account on those machines in
> order to find out more about Debian GNU/Linux and a particular HP
> hardware.  Four architectures are supported (Alpha, PA-RISC, IA-32 and
> IA-64).  Compilers are installed to that software authors can test
> whether their software compiles on those platforms.
> 
> Hewlett-Packard offers access to the following four architectures:
> 
>     Intel (IA-32)   ProLiant DL360 G2 1.4GHz  SMP
>     Intel (IA-64)   rx2600 Itanium II         SMP
>     Alpha (alpha)   XP1000a 1@667MHz           UP
>     Alpha (alpha)   DS20 2@500MHz              UP
>     PA-RISC (hppa)  rp5470 1@550MHz            UP
> 
> The Test Drive Program is a free service of HP.  Its main purpose is
> to provide developers with access to new HP hardware running various
> HP and third party operating systems and applications.  When you
> register, you get a free shell account you can use to log into the
> wide variety of systems on our Test Drive network and try out the
> software and operating systems running on them.
> 
> Test Drive gives you the opportunity to try out combinations of
> hardware, operating systems, and software before you buy them.  For
> developers, it also gives you the opportunity to ensure your software
> runs on hardware, software, and operating system combinations which
> you may not have available to you locally.
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> More information: http://testdrive.hp.com/
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