[matplotlib-devel] attempting to enable buildbot

Hi all,

I am attempting to get a collective.buildbot service working on the
Matplotlib trunk (branches could be enabled in the future) and James
Evans' test suite. Right there are errors that prevent the test suite
from even being run. I'll attempt to work through these, and you can
check progress on the nascent buildbot display here:

http://mpl-buildbot.code.astraw.com

(If the DNS update hasn't propagated to your DNS server yet, you can go
directly to http://code.astraw.com:8092/ )

In the meantime, please forgive a couple extra files I committed
(bootstrap.py and buildout.cfg) that are designed to get matplotlib to
adhere to buildout package standards.

Assuming I can get this working, I'll attempt to recruit further
buildslaves. In the interest of piquing your interest in running a
buildslave on your favorite platform(s), here is the contents of my
buildout.cfg file containing all of the configuration necessary. It's
pretty simple:

[buildout]
parts = ubuntu-hardy-amd64

[ubuntu-hardy-amd64]
recipe = collective.buildbot:slave
host = mpl-buildbot.code.astraw.com
port = 8090
password = <secret>