Continuous integration with buildbot

[Andrew Donnellan]

On 19/10/17 14:10, Russell Currey wrote:
> We were keen on supporting multiple CI backends (including Buildbot), but Andrew
> and I have been far too busy recently to work on it.  It's definitely
> technically feasible in any case, and there's some code/ideas you could steal.

I'm hoping to have some time to work on things again in the next few 
weeks, but adding a second CI backend is somewhat down the list of 
priorities right now.


Andrew


> 
> - Russell
> 
>>
>> Regards,
>> Daniel
>>
>>> Hello all,
>>>
>>> I'm guessing if one of you successfully enabled some linking between
>>> patchwork and buildbot [0].
>>>
>>> According to the patchwork documentation, checks must be done using the
>>> REST API.
>>>
>>> Does that mean we must implement a poller in the buildbot that checks
>>> for new patches? I have a few concerns:
>>>
>>>    1. I need to check how buildbot knows that a patch has already been
>>>       tested to avoid rebuilding over and over,
>>>    2. I should also check how to make buildbot as secure as possible
>>>       since tests can be ran with insecure code sent via mails.
>>>
>>> Any advices are welcome,
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> [0]: http://buildbot.net
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> David Demelier
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Andrew Donnellan              OzLabs, ADL Canberra
andrew.donnellan at au1.ibm.com  IBM Australia Limited