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Here's the idea: you commit your code to a repository and call a web service (or enter the request through a web app) to have it compiled. The results are then pushed up to a FTP server, S3 bucket, etc. Is there anything like this out there on the public internet?

TFS has a build queuing feature, but I'm thinking more along the lines of a internet (not intranet) web service. And if it can pull from known source control interfaces (Subversion, CVS, etc.) then the caller needs to pass very little besides selecting a compiler and specific compilation options.

My reasoning is more along the lines of removing a lot of software installation and configuration hassles, especially when working between different languages/platforms/frameworks/projects

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See http://stackoverflow.com/questions/160793/is-there-build-farm-for-checking-open-source-apps-against-different-oses for related information.

warren
Excellent ... looks like I'm not the only one asking, just asking in a different way.
Neil C. Obremski