Hi Marc,

Being honest I do not know how to use that plugin... I was trying to set 
all projects into a category but I do not know how to do that... Any hint?

On Thursday, March 20, 2014 5:11:48 PM UTC+1, Marc MacIntyre wrote:
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> Will this solve your problem?
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> https://wiki.jenkins-ci.org/display/JENKINS/Throttle+Concurrent+Builds+Plugin
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> On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 5:17 AM, David Campos 
> <[email protected]<javascript:>
> > wrote:
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>> Hi all,
>>
>> I have a scenario that I am not able to solve without some downsides. I 
>> don't know if my workflow is currently supported or not so I search for 
>> your help.
>>
>> *Scenario:*
>>
>> *Compilation job:* Maven job that executes unit tests and creates 
>> deliverables
>> *Deploy job:* Capistrano deployment that deploys deliverables to target 
>> machines based on eligible parameters (cd, testing, staging...) 
>> *Integration job:* Executes a smoke test using BDD.
>> *BCT job:* Same as Integration but with customer tests and multiple 
>> browsers.
>>
>> *Process:*
>>
>>  We have a build pipeline based on [compilation -> deployment to server 
>> -> execution of smoke tests (integration) -> execution of compatibility 
>> tests] that has a step that takes too much time to complete (smoke test). 
>> Since deployments should not happen when tests are being executed (would 
>> break the compilation chain) we have decided to block deployment build 
>> until the downstream finishes... That's OK.
>>
>> *Problem:*
>>
>> Since deployment jobs are blocked by downstream, whenever an IT or BCT 
>> job is being executed deployment is forbidden, either to the affected 
>> machine or to any testing machine, so we can not perform deployments to 
>> testing scenarios for QA to test (an old build for example).
>>
>> *Possible solution:*
>>
>> My possible solution would be to block the execution of deployment *if 
>> and only if* the target machine is cd and smoke or BCT tests are being 
>> executed. I need a two factor check, one from parameters of the current 
>> build (easy) and another from downstream executors. 
>>
>> I don't know if that is possible. If that scenario is possible... how can 
>> I implement it? Groovy? Can I mark a build as queued and allow other builds 
>> to go ahead (parallel builds maybe)?
>>
>> Thanks for the help.
>>
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