On September 18, 2009, Bjorn Tillenius wrote: > On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 11:06:48AM +1200, Michael Hudson wrote: > > Michael Hudson wrote: > > > Christian Robottom Reis wrote: > > >> I finally got around to reviewing > > >> > > >> https://dev.launchpad.net/PolicyAndProcess/ReleaseManagerRotation > > >> > > >> and > > >> > > >> https://dev.launchpad.net/BuildEngineer > > >> > > >> They both look good (after some minor edits by me <wink>). I just > > >> wanted to ask two things: > > >> > > >> a) Why does one page end in Rotation and fall under > > >> PolicyAndProcess, and the other not? > > > > > > Dunno, it's a wiki, so it would be unnatural if it wasn't random and > > > inconsistent? > > > > > >> b) How is the BuildEngineer rotation going this cycle? > > > > > > I think it's going pretty well. The role is quite stressful in some > > > ways, with lots of things that take far longer than you'd think and > > > fighting with systems that no-one really understands any more. > > > > Oh, I guess I should say that I find this part of the role: > > > > * Monitor the buildbot and ensure smooth operation of builds. > > o This means monitoring the builders and making sure that somebody is > > assigned to fixing any build failures or errors as they arise. > > > > to be perhaps not be the greatest idea, mostly because build failures > > need to be fixed *now*, not when the build engineer wakes up, > > When reading the point above, I don't think it says that the build > engineer should fix build failures. It's more like monitoring the build > failures, and make sure that all issues we run into are picked up by > someone.
Yes, that's exactly the idea. Not to fix the build failures specifically, but to make sure that there was someone on it and that the issue/resolution were reported to the list. Basically, the build engineer should make sure that the process around test failures is respected. -- Francis J. Lacoste [email protected]
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