2015-02-08 13:01 GMT+01:00 Tudor Girba <[email protected]>: > Hi Nicolai, > > > > On Thu, Feb 5, 2015 at 9:36 PM, Nicolai Hess <[email protected]> wrote: > >> 14850 <https://pharo.fogbugz.com/default.asp?14850> Integrate GTools >> #development >> "From this version onwards the development version should be integrated." >> >> Is this a good idea? Does the #development version always include *all* >> the latest >> changes, because after Andrei opened >> 14866 <https://pharo.fogbugz.com/default.asp?14866> Integrate GTools >> (which got integrated in 40475) >> I uploaded some changes for issue >> 14608 <https://pharo.fogbugz.com/default.asp?14608> >> ClassTest>>#testClassRespectsPolymorphismWithTrait failing due to Spotter >> methods >> I set the status to "Fix Review needed", >> > but my changes are integrated in 40475 too! >> > > I think that in the current situation, it is actually a good idea. And > yes, the integration does include all latest versions of GT-related > packages. > > Before changing to development, we required a stable release for the > integration. That implied: > 1. creating a stable release and > 2. integrating it in the Pharo through a separate issue. > > Yet, in GT we all work on the very latest version, and creating a "stable" > release is somewhat artificial given the speed at which things are changing > now. Creating the "stable" version also led to delays between a fix in GT > and an integration in Pharo (sometimes measured in weeks). >
It still takes weeks. the last GToolkitCore integration was 3 weeks ago. > So, in the case of GT requiring the stable release did not provide any > added value, but it has the negative consequence of delays. > > I am not satisfied with the way external packages are handled. >> 1. if there is not one slice/changeset per issue, it is even less likely >> someone will >> review the changes. >> 2. you don't know who works when on a issue. They are solved in a bulk. >> 3. a new configuration might not only includes bugfixes but new features >> as well. >> 4. often we have unbound globals / undeclared references or other test >> failures. >> >> Can we use the build server for those external projects (like >> GToolkitCore, Athens, TxText), >> and that if a project makes a new configuration, it uses the same >> issue validator for loading and testing that configuration? >> > > We already have a GToollkitCore job, but it only runs the GT tests. > Perhaps this is not enough? > https://ci.inria.fr/moose/job/gtoolkitcore/ > It would be nice if it runs some of the image validation tests ReleaseTest ClassTest BehaviorTest ... That way we can we see early enough, if GT-Extensions will break some validation rules (unresovled externals / Obsolete classes / Polymorphism Trait/Class) > > But, could the Monkey not be able to run all tests before an integration > of the development version? > I don't know if the Monkey can load Configurations. > > Cheers, > Doru > > > > -- > www.tudorgirba.com > > "Every thing has its own flow" >
