[Buildbot-devel] Multiple Builders or BuildSet?

[Kenny Ho]

>On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 5:44 PM, Kenny Ho <kenny.ho at ca.flextronics.com> wrote:
>> I just started trying out BuildBot and I have some questions on setting up
>> multiple targets on the same source tree.  From what I've learned so far, I
>> figured I can make a builder for each target I want to build and then
>> associate all the builders to a particular source change/scheduler, but then
>> I will need to find a way to check the status of each build to do some kind
>> of post build processing.  Then I came across BuildSet, which seems to be
>> exactly what I need, but I couldn't figure how it fit into the
>> MasterBuilderConfig/master.cfg.  Does BuildSet actually work in that
>> context?  If so, does anyone have an example?   Or must I extend my own
>> scheduler in order to use it?  I have also saw a mention somewhere that the
>> BuildSet feature will be removed in 0.9?
>> (https://github.com/buildbot/buildbot/pull/483) Is that true?
>
>Buildsets are an implementation detail of Buildbot, not something you
>can configure directly.  They serve to group the build requests that a
>scheduler makes in a single go.  A Dependent scheduler monitors
>buildsets produced by its upstream scheduler, and initiates some
>additional builds when each buildset completes.
>
>You haven't said what sort of post-build processing you want to
>perform, so it's hard to say much more than that.

The post-build processing will be condition on the result of the buildset.  If one or more targets build successfully, update some manifests and check them into a repository.  If all failed, send out a notification.

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>Seriously?  1995 called, and it wants its email server back..
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Kenny


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