[Python-Dev] Stable / unstable buildbots

[Barry Warsaw]

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On Aug 28, 2008, at 6:28 AM, Antoine Pitrou wrote:

> What is the rationale behind the distinction between "stable" and  
> "unstable"
> buildbots?
> I ask that because the OpenBSD buildbot has failed compiling 3.0 for  
> quite some
> time, but since that buildbot was in the "unstable" bunch, it was  
> not discovered
> until someone filed a bug report for it (see http://bugs.python.org/issue3696) 
> .

Mostly, it was a determination that Neal and I made at Pycon, about  
which bots we should "trust" to judge the health of the trees.  I  
don't think the current list needs to be set in stone, and in fact  
several of the "stable" bots have had simple svn or other non-tree  
related problems for a while.

As for the "unstable" ones, I personally rarely check them.
- -Barry

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