Stefan van der Walt wrote: > Hi all, > > Short version > ============= > > We now have a numpy buildbot running at > > http://buildbot.scipy.org > > Long version > ============ > > Albert Strasheim and I set up a buildbot for numpy this week. For > those of you unfamiliar with The Buildbot, it is > > """ > ...a system to automate the compile/test cycle required by most > software projects to validate code changes. By automatically > rebuilding and testing the tree each time something has changed, build > problems are pinpointed quickly, before other developers are > inconvenienced by the failure. The guilty developer can be identified > and harassed without human intervention. By running the builds on a > variety of platforms, developers who do not have the facilities to > test their changes everywhere before checkin will at least know > shortly afterwards whether they have broken the build or not. Warning > counts, lint checks, image size, compile time, and other build > parameters can be tracked over time, are more visible, and are > therefore easier to improve. > > The overall goal is to reduce tree breakage and provide a platform to > run tests or code-quality checks that are too annoying or pedantic for > any human to waste their time with. Developers get immediate (and > potentially public) feedback about their changes, encouraging them to > be more careful about testing before checkin. > """ > > While we are still working on automatic e-mail notifications, the > system already provides valuable feedback -- take a look at the > waterfall display: > > http://buildbot.scipy.org > > If your platform is not currently on the list, please consider > volunteering a machine as a build slave. This machine will be > required to run the buildbot client, and to build a new version of > numpy whenever changes are made to the repository. (The machine does > not have to be dedicated to this task, and can be your own > workstation.) > > We'd like to thank Robert Kern, Jeff Strunk and Gert-Jan van Rooyen > who helped us to get the ball rolling, as well as Neilen Marais for > offering his workstation as a build slave. > This is really great new :) Thanks for the hard work,
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