Mailman 3 October 2017 - Python-Buildbots

Outdated wiki information
by Craig Rodrigues 10 Nov '17

10 Nov '17

This page: https://www.python.org/dev/buildbot/ should probably be changed to from "buildbot slave" to "buildbot worker" These two wiki pages related to buildbots have really oudated information: https://wiki.python.org/moin/BuildBot * references to "buildbot slave" should be changed to "buildbot worker" * references to "python-dev(a)python.org" should be changed to " python-buildbots(a)python.org * reference to bbreport should be removed https://wiki.python.org/moin/BuildbotOnWindows * this page is so outdated to be almost useless, and should just be deleted -- Craig

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Moving Python.org to Buildbot 9 + Python 3
by Craig Rodrigues 13 Oct '17

13 Oct '17

In the past two years, I've put a lot of effort into porting the following to Python 3: Twisted: https://www.slideshare.net/CraigRodrigues1/the-onward- journey-porting-twisted-to-python-3 Buildbot: https://github.com/buildbot/buildbot/pulls?utf8=%E2%9C%93& q=is%3Aclosed%20is%3Apr%20author%3Arodrigc%20 I would like to help Python.org move to Buildbot 9 + Python 3 for the following reasons: (1) Python.org currently uses Buildbot 0.8.14. This branch of buildbot is not under active development and is not being ported to Python 3. (2) The current version of Buildbot (0.9.11) is on the main branch which is actively maintained. This branch has been ported to Python 3. (3) Buildbot 0.8.14 is not actively being maintained. (4) Buildbot 0.9.x is actively receiving updates for new features such as Docker support, and support for Hyper.sh. A while back, I worked with Zachary Ware, who set up a proof of concept of running Buildbot 9 on Python.org. Zachary set this up: https://buildbot.python.org/test/ That is an instance running Buildbot 9, using Python 3.4.3 and Twisted 17.5.0. This is only a proof of concept, and is not actively being used or worked on. What are the next steps to completely convert Python.org to use Buildbot 9? Who can help with this? -- Craig

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Looking up status of build bots?
by Chris Angelico 10 Oct '17

10 Oct '17

The direct links to partial waterfalls (eg http://buildbot.python.org/stable/ for the "Stable" set) are no longer active. Is there a way to look up a specific subset of builders to check status? Specific use-case: I just reset my buildbot host, and after doing so, I always like to check that it's come online and reconnected with the master. For that, I have a bookmark that would show me just the four builders on my machine (for four different branches), and it would show either a grey "Offline" or a green "Idle" depending on whether it's all come good. What I have now, I'm not sure about. There's this: http://buildbot.python.org/all/#/builders/27 but it doesn't tell me whether the builder is connected or not. What would be the best way to check on the node's connection? ChrisA

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Upgrading buildbot master
by Zachary Ware 07 Oct '17

07 Oct '17

Just a heads-up, I'm going to try to get the build master upgraded tonight. If things aren't running at something approximating normal by 00:00 CDT, I'll be reverting back to the current setup. -- Zach

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Buildbot 9 + Postgres backend
by Craig Rodrigues 06 Oct '17

06 Oct '17

I'd like to suggest that when we upgrade the buildbot master, we use a Postgres backend instead of sqlite: http://docs.buildbot.net/latest/manual/cfg-global.html#postgres This is for better performance. Since postgres is involved, this would require coordination with the Python infra team. -- Craig

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