Re: [announcement] distbb - new tool for DISTrbuted Bulk Builds!

[Dan McMahill <dmcmahill%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

> I've made my own tool for a distributed bulk builds, distbb.
> It is available as a package wip/distbb.
>
> Key features:
>    - several packages can be built at the same time on different
>      machines or chroots
>    - there is no limit on a number of building nodes
>    - ready for bulk builds with DESTDIR enabled
>    - logs are better than pbulk's (inspired by Hubert's bulk build)
>    - no pbulk-like "surprizes" like pkg/36985, pkg/37100, pkg/37700 etc.
>
> Example bulk build result:
> http://www.mova.org/~cheusov/pub/pkgsrc-pbulk/Debian-etch/current/log/20080404.1726/META/report.html
>
> I think distbb is in beta stage.
> So, bug reports, suggestions, questions etc. are welcome, as always.

Is there a summary somewhere of the relative strengths and weaknesses of 
this approach versus pbulk?  While I think competition is a good thing, 
I also hope we don't let one bitrot.

Thanks
-Dan