[Zope-dev] How to update the ZTK KGS (was Re: Working KGS tool! (was Re: IRC discussion about testing))

[Benji York]

On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 2:13 PM, Jim Fulton<jim at zope.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 1:58 PM, Benji York<benji at zope.com> wrote:

>> By "buildbot output" do you mean simply the fact that all tests passed
>> on all platforms?
>
> I'm being intentionally vague, but we need to know that the tests
> apply to the versions we're thinking of merging.  At a minimum, the
> individual run outputs should contain the svn revision #. So, when
> merging changes, we make sure that the test branch changes being
> merged have been tested.

I hesitate to suggest this (because it sounds like more work when we
don't have enough volunteer's as-is), but how about if each branch had
its tests run each time there was a commit made to it.

That way we don't have to worry about mixing up changes in a single
"test" branch and we'd also be able to tell -- by looking at the
buildbot output for a particular branch -- if a branch that was being
considered for merging to the trunk is actually passing on all platforms
(OS and Python versions).

I imagine that functionality would also be helpful to people developing
on a branch.  They could know if their changes cause tests to fail on
platforms they might not have access to.
-- 
Benji York
Senior Software Engineer
Zope Corporation