Am 04.08.2010 17:15, schrieb exar...@twistedmatrix.com: > On 02:51 pm, ba...@python.org wrote: >>On Aug 04, 2010, at 11:16 AM, Antoine Pitrou wrote: >>>I think the issue is that many core developers don't have the reflex >>>to check buildbot state after they commit some changes (or at least >>>on a regular, say weekly, basis), and so gradually the buildbots have >>>a tendency to turn from green to red, one after another. >> >>I'd classify this as a failure of the tools, not of the developers. >>These >>post-commit verification steps should be proactive, and scream really >>loud (or >>even prevent future commits) until everything is green again. >>Buildbots >>themselves can be unstable, so this may or may not be workable, and >>changing >>any of this will take valuable volunteer time. It's also unsexy work. > > How hard is it to look at a web page?
The hard part is to know *when* to look. As you might have noticed, the Python test suite does not run in ten seconds, especially on some of the buildbots -- it can take 1-2 there to complete. So if you look too soon, you won't see all the results, and usually the slow systems are the interesting ones. Now we could of course have a commit hook that counts down two hours and then sends an email to the committer "Now look at the buildbot!"... Georg -- Thus spake the Lord: Thou shalt indent with four spaces. No more, no less. Four shall be the number of spaces thou shalt indent, and the number of thy indenting shall be four. Eight shalt thou not indent, nor either indent thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to four. Tabs are right out. _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
