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

[Nathan Letwory]

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On 12.9.2011 12:01, Sergey I. Sharybin wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Nathan Letwory wrote:
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>> Indeed, but it happens regularly that builds break on different platforms, and even more so because developers *don't build with all features enabled* (while in theory they should always verify the entire build before doing any commits).
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>> Sure, triggering manually is a way, but it is even better to not have to do that. Developers are lazy beings (hence they are developers).
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>> With the amount of developers that we have commiting I think its especially nice if our buildslaves would just build the moment they don't have anything to do and are notified of changes.
> Well, just triggering isn't enough. It wouldn't make developers check 
> buildbot logs, IMO. It should also punish  developers who breaks 
> something. Or at least notify them.
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Agreed.

/Nathan

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Nathan Letwory
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