[Buildbot-devel] tips for creating new P4-based source buildStep ?

[Mike Sorrenti]

The master.cfg is Python, so you can do pretty much anything in there --
including defining child classes.

-Mike

On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 8:28 AM, Stephan Koledin <skoledin at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> Also, just a point/question of interest, keep in mind I'm a relative
> buildbot newbie... If I wanted to override a particular buildStep
> method, it seems to me that if it's a master step, a simple change or
> derivative class could just be done via the master.cfg without having to
> directly patch/change the source. Is that correct, or am I being naive?
>
> Thanks again.
> -Stephan
>
> On 3/4/2013 10:16 PM, Bill Deegan wrote:
> > Stephan,
> >
> > On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 7:19 PM, Dustin J. Mitchell <dustin at v.igoro.us
> > <mailto:dustin at v.igoro.us>> wrote:
> >
> >     On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 7:45 PM, Stephan Koledin <skoledin at gmail.com
> >     <mailto:skoledin at gmail.com>> wrote:
> >      > Thanks in advance for any advice on this. I really just want to
> make
> >      > sure I'm headed in the right direction before committing to this
> >     approach.
> >
> >     It sounds like you're on the right track - at least, your
> >     implementation will be nicely independent of any changes to the
> >     existing P4 support.
> >
> >     That said, the P4 support hasn't seen much love recently:
> >       * last modification was in May 2012, and that was removing
> >     functionality; before that, August 2011
> >       * http://trac.buildbot.net/wiki/p4 lists the open bugs.
> >       * MAINTAINERS.txt indicates Bill (copied) as the maintainer, but
> he's
> >     busy and we've been in short supply of P4 hackers
> >
> >     If you're willing, it would make the world a better place to have a
> >     master-side P4 step that has the flexibility you need, plus full unit
> >     tests (so those of us who are not P4 gurus can maintain it).
> >
> >     What do you think?
> >
> >
> > I have a functional master side P4 source step.
> > Lacking some tests at this point.
> > If you'd like to contribute to that branch rather than reinvent the
> wheel.
> >
> > I was hoping to wrap this up at post pycon sprints coming up shortly.
> > -Bill
>
>
>
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