Jake set up the hook, and I set up the build - https://builds.apache.org/job/incubator-brooklyn-pull-requests/ - lemme know how it works for and/or if you need any help!
A. On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 2:27 PM, Richard Downer <[email protected]> wrote: > (Crossposting to dev@brooklyn) > > Fantastic Andrew, sounds like just what we want :-) > > Our repo is incubator-brooklyn, and the GitHub side[1] is done using > Apache infra's GitHub mirroring - so the admin rights belong to the > Apache infra user(s) rather than anybody in the Brooklyn PPMC. > > We already have the "master" branch built at [2], so I guess you will > need to make a second job (cloned from it) for building PRs - please > go ahead! > > Richard. > > [1]https://github.com/apache/incubator-brooklyn/ > [2]https://builds.apache.org/view/A-D/view/Brooklyn/ > > > On 26 September 2014 14:54, Andrew Bayer <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hey, I've been looking for a guinea pig for exactly this! =) >> >> We've got the Jenkins Enterprise plugins on builds.apache.org, which >> includes the CloudBees GitHub pull request builder plugin. That's basically >> the same thing as on BuildHive, and is in my opinion far preferable to the >> open source GitHub PR builder plugin, which requires push acces to the repo >> and is extremely chatty. The one we've got installed just listens for pull >> requests, builds them, and comments on the pull request with the result. >> I'd love to help Brooklyn get a job in place on builds.apache.org using it >> - I'll need to get someone with admin rights to the Apache GH repos to add >> the relevant hook to the Brooklyn repo, but once that's done, we can get >> this going with you right away. >> >> A. >> >> On Friday, September 26, 2014, Richard Downer <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hello, >>> >>> Brooklyn (incubating) have been looking at the Buildhive[1] service >>> and we are wondering if it is possible to integrate this service, or a >>> similar one, into our Apache infrastructure. I've provided a short >>> description below for those who are not familiar with it. We used to >>> run this service prior to entering the incubator and we are missing >>> it! >>> >>> We'd like to know if the Apache infrastructure supports anything like >>> this - either Buildhive itself or a similar service. >>> >>> A search through the Apache archives reveals that jclouds is using >>> Buildhive extensively, although I am aware that jclouds' >>> infrastructure setup is somewhat atypical for an Apache/GitHub-style >>> project. I could not find any other project referring to this tool in >>> either the mail-archives or JIRA, so I am assuming that jclouds is the >>> only user. >>> >>> As an alternative to the external Buildhive service, there is also a >>> Jenkins plugin[2]. I haven't tried this myself so I don't know how >>> effective it is, but it may be worth a trial if it's preferred to keep >>> these kinds of services internal. A search of the archives did not >>> confirm if any Apache project is using this, either. >>> >>> What is Apache's experiences with this kind of service? >>> >>> ============ >>> >>> Buildhive is a service that uses GitHub hooks to detect when a pull >>> request is issued. It causes the code in the PR to be sent to a >>> Jenkins instance for a build; Buildhive will then post a comment on >>> the PR to say if the build succeeded or not. >>> >>> This provides an early warning, both for the contributor and the >>> committers, if a particular contribution is likely to break the build. >>> >>> As these kinds of services generally want to use GitHub hooks, which >>> requires the repository organisation owner to install, it would need >>> the infrastructure team's help to set it up. >>> >>> >>> [1]https://buildhive.cloudbees.com/ >>> [2] >>> https://wiki.jenkins-ci.org/display/JENKINS/GitHub+pull+request+builder+plugin >>> >>> >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Richard. >>>
