Somebody stop me if this already exists... I'm envisioning a central location, probably a wiki page at https://wiki.mozilla.org/BrokenBuilds or similar, where people can find the answers to these questions: 1. Given my current build configuration, why did my last build fail? 2. What bugs can I follow to see when this build configuration will work again? 3. What workarounds/patches can I employ to quickly get a working build?
So the page would be a simple table with the following columns: Bug #, affected configurations, known workarounds e.g. Bug Affected configurations Known workarounds 899948 VS (all) with --disable-optimize but not --enable-debug --without-intl-api 933476 VS (all) --disable-webgl 940220 VS2012+ --without-intl-api The benefits should be obvious; no more IRC logs like the following 10:40:25 AM - developer1: is there a new build error using obscure-cc other than the one developer0 fixed yesterday? 10:41:15 AM - developer2: developer1: yes, bug 999999 10:42:07 AM - developer3 has joined the room. 10:42:10 AM - developer3: my builds are failing, but it seems to be a new issue. Anyone else seeing this? Also, no more face-desking if you encounter a known issue while IRC is in a lull. If anyone has reasons *NOT* to create this wiki page, or suggestions for a better name or location for this information, please let me know! I'll create the page tomorrow if I don't hear from anyone... or maybe today if feedback is overwhelmingly positive (or positively overwhelming) _______________________________________________ dev-platform mailing list dev-platform@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-platform
