[Buildbot-devel] patches not applying in buildbot 0.8.8

[Jim Rowan]

We use repo in combination with gerrit.

Repo provides the equivalent of multiple codebases in that a single  
specification (manifest) specifies multiple projects coming from  
different git repos (with different refs for each).    When driven by  
gerrit, the change (or changes) has already been submitted to gerrit  
and is added on top of whatever the base manifest specifies.   In that  
sense, patches aren't needed, since repo will pull the change from  
gerrit's git server.

However, the process above means that to trigger buildbot, a change  
must be submitted to gerrit.  In our shop, (as is probably normally  
the case) a change doesn't get submitted to gerrit until it's close to  
being ready.   We don't have it in place yet, but a try builder (which  
would send a patch) in combination with repo allows the developers to  
use the buildbot machinery to build/test changes that aren't yet ready  
for submission and review.   Hence, I think it's important that  
patches work with repo.


On Sep 28, 2013, at 8:58 AM, Dustin J. Mitchell wrote:

> I don't know much about repo, but my impression was that patches
> wouldn't be needed.  Still, we should either support them or raise an
> error when they are used, rather than just silently not applying.
> Richard, can you file a bug?  Srinu, what do you think?
>
> Dustin
>
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