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

[exarkun at twistedmatrix.com]

On 04:42 pm, olemis at gmail.com 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

But BuildBot exists, is deployed, and can be used now, without waiting.

(Sorry, I don't really understand what point you were hoping to make 
with your message, so I just thought I'd follow up in the same style and 
hope that you'll understand my message even if I don't understand yours 
:).

Jean-Paul