[devel at bb.net] Review of "Expert Twisted" chapter

[Dustin J. Mitchell]

Thanks for the feedback, I'm now convinced that I'm mis-using "CI" :)

However, the suggested sentence doesn't really "snap".  It sounds like
"Buildbot's useful for doing some of the things relating to this thing".
Thoughts on a tighter phrase?

Dustin

2017-12-18 10:45 GMT-05:00 Neil Gilmore <ngilmore at grammatech.com>:

> Hi everyone,
>
> On 12/16/2017 3:45 PM, Dustin J. Mitchell wrote:
>
> 2017-12-12 7:06 GMT-05:00 Vit Ry <frodox at zoho.com>:
>
>> Hi! According to PR12 build (https://31-103838017-gh.circl
>> e-artifacts.com/0/root/repo/out/10-Buildbot.pdf)
>>
>> > Buildbot is a framework for building continuous integration
>> applications.
>>
>> I'm confusing with this every time. What is "CI application" ? CI - is a
>> process, a culture...
>> I don't hear often 'CI application' term, and what is the meaning then?
>>
>
> A CI application is an application that implements a continuous
> integration process.  I'm trying to make the point here that if you're
> going to use Buildbot, you're going to have to implement what you want
> (your application) *on top* of Buildbot (a framework).  Do you have a
> better term?
>
>
> That first sentence is a bit tautological, isn't it? I understand what
> you're trying to get at -- buildbot is a framework, not an application
> itself. But someone unfamiliar with the term may head off to Wikipedia,
> which seems to have a very different definition that you seem to from that
> definition:
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuous_integration
>
> In software engineering
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_engineering>, *continuous
> integration* (*CI*) is the practice of merging all developer working
> copies to a shared mainline
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trunk_%28software%29> several times a day.
>
> That, combined with your explanation of buildbot, would seem to say that
> buildbot does merges, which really isn't the case. It does its work after
> the merges are done.
>
> Maybe a better way to say it might be:
>
> "Buildbot is a framework that that aids developers in maintaining some of
> the best practices of Continuous Integration, such as automating builds,
> tests and deployments."
>
> Neil Gilmore
> raito at raito.com
>
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