The idea behind the Pybots project (short for "Python Community Buildbots") is to allow people to run automated tests for their Python projects, while using Python binaries built from the very latest source code from the Python subversion repository.
The idea originated from Glyph, of Twisted fame. He sent out a message to the python-dev mailing list (thanks to John J. Lee for bringing this message to my attention), in which he said: "I would like to propose, although I certainly don't have time to implement, a program by which Python-using projects could contribute buildslaves which would run their projects' tests with the latest Python trunk. This would provide two useful incentives: Python code would gain a reputation as generally well-tested (since there is a direct incentive to write tests for your project: get notified when core python changes might break it), and the core developers would have instant feedback when a "small" change breaks more code than it was expected to." Well, Neal Norwitz made this happen by setting up a buildmaster process on one of the servers maintained by the PSF. He graciously allowed me to maintain this buildmaster, and I already added a buildslave which runs the Twisted unit tests (in honor of Glyph, who was the originator of this idea) every time a check-in is made in the Python trunk or in the 2.5 branch. You can see the buildmaster's status page here: http://www.python.org/dev/buildbot/community/all/ I strongly encourage you to contribute to the Pybots project by setting up a buildslave for your project. I'll post another entry with instructions on how to configure a buildslave so that it can be coordinated by the Pybots buildmaster. I also have a mailing list (thanks, Titus!) for people who are interested in this project: http://lists2.idyll.org/listinfo/pybots Please send a message to the pybots list, and I'll respond to you. See also my blog post here for pretty much the same information as in this message, but with more links: http://agiletesting.blogspot.com/2006/08/pybots-python-community-buildbots.html Thanks, Grig Gheorghiu -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-announce-list Support the Python Software Foundation: http://www.python.org/psf/donations.html