[Buildbot-devel] required fields forcing a build

[Todd Cooper]

I will add naming the repo into it, but on the condition that the repository if the same type.
Apples and oranges cannot be mixed here (well maybe in Waldorf salad).

I will also add it to be turned on, but easily disabled.


I also have to look how this mixes with templates as this needs a template.



On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 2:04 PM, Todd Cooper <todd_cooper at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> OK .. I started to look under the hood.
>> One question I have is whether or not you should be able to change the
>> repository on the fly with a force.
>> I can see the need, but should a person at a GUI be able to do that?  What
>> if they are usually building with SVN and they specify a git repo?
>> Will this not cause havoc with the builder steps? Usually you put in a step
>> in the build which does the code checkout.  Mixing and matching repo types
>> will likely cause havoc.  I suppose I could add a repo to use assuming it is
>> the same of the one defined for that builder(s)
>
>It should be possible -- Buildbot's gotten in trouble before for
>saying "well, you shouldn't be able to do ___".   But it should be
>disable-able.
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>Dustin
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