[Buildbot-devel] build-slave python 2.3 compatibility

[Marc-Antoine Ruel]

It's probably simpler if you just fork it locally or keep your slave on 0.7.12.

Le 23 juillet 2010 07:47, Douglas Leeder <douglas.leeder at sophos.com> a écrit :
> Opps, I must have been looking at an older version of the docs - I could have sworn it said python 2.3 or above.
>
> Is there any interest in making the build-slave (only) compatible with older python?
>
> One of the nice things about splitting out the slave is that it removes a lot of the dependencies
> that buildbot (master/full) has. Being able to run buildslaves on older python would make it have less
> impact on the target systems (in terms of dependencies).
>
> Obviously if we hit some big usage of python 2.4+ it would be worth-while, but static method decorators
> don't seem that big of a deal.
>
> --
> Douglas Leeder
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: maruel at google.com [mailto:maruel at google.com] On Behalf Of Marc-
>> Antoine Ruel
>> Sent: 09 July 2010 15:06
>> To: Douglas Leeder
>> Cc: buildbot-devel at lists.sourceforge.net
>> Subject: Re: [Buildbot-devel] build-slave python 2.3 compatibility
>>
>> http://djmitche.github.com/buildbot/docs/0.8.1/Common-
>> Requirements.html#Common-Requirements
>>
>> "Buildbot requires python-2.4 or later."
>>
>> Le 9 juillet 2010 08:47, Douglas Leeder <douglas.leeder at sophos.com> a
>> écrit :
>> > build-slave 0.8.1 needs the following patch to be python 2.3
>> compatible:
>> >
>> > --- buildslave/commands/base.py 2010-07-07 06:46:01.000000000 +0100
>> > +++ /usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/buildslave/commands/base.py
>> > 2010-07-25 16:53:59.000000000 +0100
>> > @@ -60,14 +60,13 @@
>> >      def __repr__(self):
>> >          return `self.fake`
>> >
>> > -    @staticmethod
>> >      def to_text(s):
>> >          if isinstance(s, (str, unicode)):
>> >              return s
>> >          else:
>> >              return str(s)
>> > +    to_text=static_method(to_text)
>> >
>> > -    @staticmethod
>> >      def get_real(command):
>> >          rv = command
>> >          if type(command) == types.ListType:
>> > @@ -78,8 +77,8 @@
>> >                  else:
>> >                      rv.append(Obfuscated.to_text(elt))
>> >          return rv
>> > +    get_real=static_method(get_real)
>> >
>> > -    @staticmethod
>> >      def get_fake(command):
>> >          rv = command
>> >          if type(command) == types.ListType:
>> > @@ -90,6 +89,7 @@
>> >                  else:
>> >                      rv.append(Obfuscated.to_text(elt))
>> >          return rv
>> > +    get_fake=static_method(get_fake)
>> >
>> >  class AbandonChain(Exception):
>> >      """A series of chained steps can raise this exception to
>> indicate that
>> >
>> > --
>> > Douglas Leeder, Senior Software Engineer
>> >
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