[Buildbot-commits] site index.html,1.44,1.45

Tue Aug 16 20:13:13 UTC 2005

Update of /cvsroot/buildbot/site
In directory sc8-pr-cvs1.sourceforge.net:/tmp/cvs-serv21599

Modified Files:
	index.html 
Log Message:
add a brief description of what the buildbot actually is


Index: index.html
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RCS file: /cvsroot/buildbot/site/index.html,v
retrieving revision 1.44
retrieving revision 1.45
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--- index.html	20 Jul 2005 07:22:19 -0000	1.44
+++ index.html	16 Aug 2005 20:13:09 -0000	1.45
@@ -8,7 +8,27 @@
 <body>
 <h1>The BuildBot</h1>
 
-Current contents:
+<h3>from the <a href="README">README</a></h3>
+
+<p>The BuildBot is a system to automate the compile/test cycle required by
+most software projects to validate code changes. By automatically rebuilding
+and testing the tree each time something has changed, build problems are
+pinpointed quickly, before other developers are inconvenienced by the
+failure. The guilty developer can be identified and harassed without human
+intervention. By running the builds on a variety of platforms, developers who
+do not have the facilities to test their changes everywhere before checkin
+will at least know shortly afterwards whether they have broken the build or
+not. Warning counts, lint checks, image size, compile time, and other build
+parameters can be tracked over time, are more visible, and are therefore
+easier to improve.</p>
+
+<p>The overall goal is to reduce tree breakage and provide a platform to run
+tests or code-quality checks that are too annoying or pedantic for any human
+to waste their time with. Developers get immediate (and potentially public)
+feedback about their changes, encouraging them to be more careful about
+testing before checkin.</p>
+
+<p>Current contents:</p>
 
 <ul>
   <li>The current release is buildbot-0.6.6 . You can download the source
@@ -146,5 +166,5 @@
      align="right" />
 </a>
 
-<!-- hhmts start -->Last modified: Wed Jul 20 00:16:12 PDT 2005 <!-- hhmts end -->
+<!-- hhmts start -->Last modified: Tue Aug 16 13:12:46 PDT 2005 <!-- hhmts end -->
 </body> </html>



