[Python-Dev] Possible language summit topic: buildbots

["Martin v. Löwis"]

> The most *exciting* part of pony-build, apart from the always-riveting
> spectacle of "titus rediscovering problems that buildbot solved 5 years ago",
> is the loose coupling of recording server to the build slaves and build
> reporters.  My plan is to enable a simple and lightweight XML-RPC and/or
> REST-ish interface for querying the recording server from scripts or other Web
> sites.  This has Brett aquiver with anticipation, I gather -- no more visual
> inspection of buildbot waterfall pages ;)

If that's something that people want to have, then buildbot could also
provide it, of course. Do you have a spec of the interface somewhere?

Regards,
Martin