[Python-Dev] Looking after the buildbots (in general)

[exarkun at twistedmatrix.com]

On 02:51 pm, barry at python.org wrote:
>On Aug 04, 2010, at 11:16 AM, Antoine Pitrou wrote:
>>I think the issue is that many core developers don't have the reflex
>>to check buildbot state after they commit some changes (or at least
>>on a regular, say weekly, basis), and so gradually the buildbots have
>>a tendency to turn from green to red, one after another.
>
>I'd classify this as a failure of the tools, not of the developers. 
>These
>post-commit verification steps should be proactive, and scream really 
>loud (or
>even prevent future commits) until everything is green again. 
>Buildbots
>themselves can be unstable, so this may or may not be workable, and 
>changing
>any of this will take valuable volunteer time.  It's also unsexy work.

How hard is it to look at a web page?

Jean-Paul