[Bf-committers] Branch merging and buildbot - propose to change build cycle

[Nathan Letwory]

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Hi all,

With the recent amount of branch merging and the amount of post-fixing
it generated, some of it due to different platforms in use by developers
I'd propose to change buildbot to build more often, even on per-commit
basis. This would allow developers to see pretty easy how their work
behaves with all necessary logs available. We know that many developers
turn of lots of features while working on their own beautiful little
garden, sometimes resulting in clipping of nice flowers from other
developers (blenderplayer, cross-platform code, etc.).

Buildbot is running very well currently and gives useful output, but for
developers the nightly cycle can be too long to wait for. Changing to
build-on-change will make buildbot much more useful. Buildbot output
should become mandatory part of toolset of developers, with the proposed
change it will make actually sense too.

/Nathan

ps. right now linux builds both failed due to navmesh code (
http://builder.blender.org/grid )

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Nathan Letwory
Letwory Interactive | Studio Lumikuu
http://www.letworyinteractive.com | http://www.lumikuu.com
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