This is linked from their but just to make it easier to find http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenkins_(software). Jenkins is actually very cool and also helps run (and keep track of) the consumers for our donation service for example.
James On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 2:16 PM, Chris McMahon <[email protected]>wrote: > On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 2:06 PM, Derric Atzrott < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > So I hate to be that guy who doesn't know the simple things, but what is > > Jenkins? The server has come up in discussion a few times since I joined > > this mailing list about a month ago. > > > And since no one has mentioned it yet, you might want to read > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuous_integration. > > Jenkins is an open source system for doing CI. It used to be called > Hudson. (Those are both names of butlers, which has always been the mascot > of the project.) Over time, Jenkins has become a very powerful hub for > automated testing and deployment, and most serious software projects > integrate with Jenkins via "plugins". (Although some of those projects > don't do it very well, Fitnesse for example.) > -C > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > -- James Alexander Manager, Merchandise Wikimedia Foundation (415) 839-6885 x6716 @jamesofur _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
