[Buildbot-devel] build and test separate on two slaves

[A.T.Hofkamp]

f at rtfs.org wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> I wonder how I could setup the following buildbot scenario.
> 
> I have a source tree which changes on on a change a new build should be
> started. (This is the common case for buildbot).
> But now after the build I get an installable package which I want to
> install on several diefferent platforms and run the testsuites on them.
> 
> E.g. think of comppiling the source on a PC and running tests of the
> installed package on a embedded hardware, laptop ...
> 
> Is something like this possible?

I hope so, this is what I would like to do too... :-)

My idea is to push the created files onto some known place, and use a 
downstream scheduler (a Dependent scheduler) w.r.t. the scheduler that builds 
the package to trigger the install/test of the toher platforms.

see
http://buildbot.sourceforge.net/manual-0.7.4.html#Scheduler-Types

for more information


Albert