[Python-Dev] [TIP] Possible language summit topic: buildbots

C. Titus Brown ctb at msu.edu
Fri Oct 30 17:45:49 CET 2009


On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 11:42:30AM -0500, Olemis Lang wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 25, 2009 at 9:13 AM,  <exarkun at twistedmatrix.com> wrote:
> > On 12:48 pm, ctb at msu.edu wrote:
> >>
> >> [snip]
> >>
> >> 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 ;)
> >
> > BuildBot has an XML-RPC interface. ?So Brett can probably do what he wants
> > with BuildBot right now.
> 
> ... but pony-build follows a different model

I'd rather not get into discussions of why my vaporware is going to be
way, way better than anything anyone else could possibly do -- that's
flamebait and not very friendly, in the end.  Let's just say that I'm wasting
my own time on it to scratch my own itch and leave it at that!

thanks,
--titus
-- 
C. Titus Brown, ctb at msu.edu


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