[Buildbot-devel] Multi-project buildmaster

[aivars.kalvans at gmail.com]

On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 12:17 AM, Dustin J. Mitchell <dustin at v.igoro.us>wrote:

> On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 6:00 AM, aivars.kalvans at gmail.com
> <aivars.kalvans at gmail.com> wrote:
> > What is the status of multi-project buildmaster?  I have read FAQ and
> found
> > some discussion
> >
> http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=auto-000022816765%40sci.utah.edu&forum_name=buildbot-devel
> > and http://trac.buildbot.net/wiki/Meeting29April2010
> >
> > We are looking to replace custom nightly build scripts with Buildbot for
> > 300+ "projects"/modules. GNOME Buildbot (http://build.gnome.org/) looks
> > good, but it uses old version of Buildbot and custom webstatus.
> >
> > If there are any patches that eventually will be included into official
> > version I can offer help with testing, bugfixing and feedback.
>
> Things work fairly well when the projects are completely distinct -
> the 'project' and 'repository' attributes can be used to filter
> changes appropriately, and things work out.  If you're trying to build
> projects that depend on one another, or where source code must come
> from multiple repositories, things may be a bit trickier.
>
> I've updated the FAQ to represent the reality as of 0.8.3.
>
> Dustin
>

Our Makefiles handle all the dependencies so that's not a problem - Buildbot
is up and running now.

Are there any plans for per-project summary (like http://build.gnome.org/)
and waterfall, etc. views? We could use "category" field for waterfall but
that requires a lot of Builders (modules*slaves) if I understood correctly.

-- 
Aivars
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