Created a new JIRA issue at http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/CONTINUUM-2704
I have done a little analysis and posted as comment. Please guide me on how to proceed and I will try when I get time. Thanks. On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 11:51 AM, Louis Smith <dr.louis.sm...@gmail.com>wrote: > I have continuum installed at several clients - one of whom runs over 100 > java projects and 20 Oracle Forms projects with it. We have upgraded to > the 1.4.x release and have had nothing but success with it - so count me > and my clients as "interested". > > Louis > > > On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 5:52 AM, murali mohan <muralih...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > As an immediate solution, I will have to look at other options, I guess. > > > > To solve these, I will try to help. But are people interested in this > > project? > > > > -Murali > > > > On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 5:53 PM, Brent Atkinson <batkin...@apache.org > > >wrote: > > > > > Hi Murali, > > > > > > I'm sorry that you're frustrated. > > > > > > I doubt I can address everything you're raising as I'm still a relative > > > newbie in the code base, but I do know that there are a number of cases > > > Continuum doesn't handle, at least without workarounds, in its current > > > state. One of them is dependencies between builds and I wonder if this > > > limitation is responsible for why the parallel builds work this way. > > > > > > To be perfectly honest, if you are looking for an immediate solution, > > > Continuum may not be the best choice for you. However, if you're > > interested > > > in helping to address the issues, I will do what I can to help. > > > > > > Brent > > > > > > On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 4:21 AM, murali mohan <muralih...@gmail.com> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > Warning. This is a rant. > > > > > > > > -> Parallel builds in Continuum is an embarrassment. Reasons: > > > > > > > > 1. Different builds from the same project cannot be queued if one > of > > > > them is already running. Why is this? It is not even the same > build, > > > it > > > > is > > > > a separate buildsbut belonging to the same project. This is a > block > > > > since > > > > we are forced to time the scheduling perfectly so that the second > > > build > > > > starts only after first build is done. Why?! Or we need to have > > > separate > > > > project groups. Then why do we need projects?! > > > > 2. Shell builds are not running in parallel in version 1.3.6 > (Don't > > > know > > > > about other versions). Even after enabling parallel builds and > > queues > > > > and > > > > when maven builds run in parallel without any problem. > > > > > > > > It has become a very clever and unknown science now to run all the > > builds > > > > in parallel in continuum and to ensure that everything completes. > > > > > > > > -> There are thousand of builds and their history in our continuum > > > setup. I > > > > have set up purge configurations, but still the UI lists thousands > and > > > > takes a long time to load. > > > > > > > > -> For both the above, I have sent emails to support. One is recent, > so > > > > lets leave that, The deletion of builds - no help to complete it. > Some > > > > vague suggestions which never worked when I tried. There is some XML > > RPC > > > > tool to delete these old builds. I did spend a couple of days to run > > it, > > > it > > > > doesn't! > > > > > > > > -> Yes, this is open source and we all should contribute. But I am > > > someone > > > > who has submitted patches before and willing to spend some time. But > > > there > > > > seems to be no people who are running this or being responsible. > > > > > > > > -> All in all, I have spent a lot of time on this software from the > > time > > > > when it had very minimal features. Sadly, I think it is a waste of > time > > > now > > > > adjusting schedules and making it "somehow" run. > > > > > > > > -Murali. > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Dr. Louis Smith, ThD > Chief Technology Officer, Kyra InfoTech > Engineer-in-Training, Veterans Memorial Railroad >
