[Buildbot-devel] Multiple projects

[Tom Prince]

On Thu, 23 Feb 2012 15:43:56 +0100, Klaim - Joël Lamotte <mjklaim at gmail.com> wrote:
> I didn't reply to the list so I'm resending it.
> 
> 2012/2/23 Klaim - Joël Lamotte <mjklaim at gmail.com>
> 
> >
> >
> > 2012/2/23 Tom Prince <tom.prince at ualberta.net>
> >
> >> Yes. The situation that buildbot doesn't currently handle (but which is
> >> actively being worked on), is the case when you need to checkout
> >> multiple repositories together, for a single build.
> >>
> >>
> > Thanks Tom, it's perfect for me.
> >
> > Although, in I think several months in the future, I might need to
> > separate one of my projects in serveral repositories. I'm using Mercurial,
> > to be precise.
> > So, if I make that separation, but I have one special repository that use
> > subrepos, meaning import other repositories at specific versions together;
> > if I bind only this "all_together" repo to buildbot master as one project,
> > my understanding is that it will update all the sources even from repos
> > anyway and buildbot will only "see" one repository.
> > So if I'm correct, even the current buildbot should be able to handle this
> > case.

I am not sure what the status of subrepo support is. And, in any case, I
suspect in a few months buildbot will have support for it in a few
months.

  Tom