JetBrains have been moving very fast. They are now up to 4.5.1 and respond very quickly to fix defects and add new functionality, a really friendly and responsive team.
We used to use a home grown process with artifacts being copied to a network share the and the logs being sent to an Exchange folder. It has been a good experience moving from that to TeamCity which just does everything for you and allows the builds to be much more discoverable to everyone. I have used CC.NET for personal projects and know the pain caused from managing it and I agree that it isn't going anywhere fast. I think JetBrains made a smart move making TeamCity Professional free because it wasn't long until we moved up to an Enterprise licence. On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 7:39 PM, Roelof Blom <[email protected]> wrote: > Jono, > > The question was a general question, we are using currently CCNET at work > but it lacks functionality for us in these areas: distributing the load, > access control and managing build artifacts. It also isn't improving very > fast. > > I've looked into TC (2.x I believe) and wasn't convinced then of moving > over. It's current feature set is impressive and I think I will consider it > again. Thanks for triggering me :-) > > Easy branch setup for Castle is a great benefit, and so are the duplicates > finder and FxCop integration I believe. > > -- Roelof. > > > On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 10:57 AM, Jonathon Rossi <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Yes I am using TeamCity on a regular basis, everyday at work. I have >> become our build master. >> >> I'm not sure if you were asking as a general question or in relation to >> how it would help Castle. >> >> It's not something Castle needs but we have 5 build agents at work to run >> builds on which is something CC.NET does not support. TeamCity supports >> pre-tested commit which is something I have never used because our builds at >> work take too long but it would be interesting to be able to do this with >> Castle. >> >> There is a big list of features on the JetBrains web site ( >> http://www.jetbrains.com/teamcity/features/index.html). I cannot think >> off the top of my head of all the nice little things TeamCity gives you over >> CC.NET that you don't realise until you start using it. Nice things like >> the dashboard updating to tell you the current step in the build and >> statistics of the build configuration (e.g. number of unit tests, build >> time). >> >> I think one of the biggest things TeamCity would give Castle is the >> ability to set up branches without needing access to the build server as >> CC.NET does. This would actually allow us to build the branches we are >> creating for projects. >> >> >> On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 5:44 PM, Roelof Blom <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> Just curious: are you using TC on a regular basis and what makes it >>> better than CCNET (apart from the much better administrative tools/UI)? >>> >>> -- Roelof >>> >>> On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 9:22 AM, Jonathon Rossi <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> It is up to the Stronghold guys whether we can move. I am happy to spend >>>> the time setting up TeamCity, or provide help setting it up if one of the >>>> Stronghold guys wants to do it. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 5:12 PM, Tuna Toksoz <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I am not sure the exact case but Castle Stronghold may be using the >>>>> same server. This may make the things a bit complex. >>>>> >>>>> Another option would be to use TeamCity of codebetter. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Tuna Toksöz >>>>> Eternal sunshine of the open source mind. >>>>> >>>>> http://devlicio.us/blogs/tuna_toksoz >>>>> http://tunatoksoz.com >>>>> http://twitter.com/tehlike >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 10:09 AM, Krzysztof Kozmic <[email protected] >>>>> > wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> +1 on TeamCity, >>>>>> I think it's worth considering if the move does not require too much >>>>>> work. >>>>>> Since JetBrains already contribute some software to Castle, it should >>>>>> not be a problem to get appropriate license... >>>>>> >>>>>> Krzysztof. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>> [email protected] 2009-05-09 13:44 >>> >>>>>> No luck, still has the red circle. >>>>>> >>>>>> Have we ever considered moving from CruiseControl.NET to TeamCity? It >>>>>> allows you to set up branches much easier than CruiseControl.NET and has >>>>>> a >>>>>> really nice web interface. We have been using it at work for the last few >>>>>> months and it was really easy to set up and manage. >>>>>> >>>>>> On Sat, May 9, 2009 at 5:45 PM, Roelof Blom <[email protected]>wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> That red line containing nunit-console2 has always been there, it's >>>>>>> for detection of nunit on mono. It's a bit ugIy however, so I will >>>>>>> commit a >>>>>>> 'fix' shortly. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- Roelof. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Sat, May 9, 2009 at 9:08 AM, Jonathon Rossi >>>>>>> <[email protected]>wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Someone with access to the build machine will need to fix this. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I wonder if it is caused by this red line in the nant output: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> [exec] C:\ccnet\CastleWorkDir\WorkingDirectory\common.xml(256,5): >>>>>>>>> 'nunit-console2' failed to start. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> As pointed out by many people, the navigation on the builds page is >>>>>>>> also out of date, including dead links (there is a task in donjon >>>>>>>> about this >>>>>>>> too). >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 12:51 AM, Ayende Rahien >>>>>>>> <[email protected]>wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> http://builds.castleproject.org/cruise/ViewSummary.castle?name=CastleProject&log=log20090505072634Lbuild.1090.xml >>>>>>>>> It reports that the last build has failed, but the last build >>>>>>>>> passed. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>> Jono >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Jono >>>>>> >>>>>> CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE >>>>>> >>>>>> This message is intended exclusively for the individual or entity to >>>>>> which it is addressed. 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