This is awesome! Looking forward to separate builds for java and python for
faster builds!

On Tue, Nov 15, 2016 at 9:59 AM, Kenneth Knowles <k...@google.com.invalid>
wrote:

> Awesome. This is a dramatic improvement.
>
> On Tue, Nov 15, 2016 at 8:52 AM, Amit Sela <amitsel...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Sweet! Versioning changes in a visible way can save a lot of pain..
> >
> > Thanks Davor!
> >
> > On Tue, Nov 15, 2016, 18:47 Robert Bradshaw <rober...@google.com.invalid
> >
> > wrote:
> >
> > > This is great; thanks for doing this!
> > >
> > > On Tue, Nov 15, 2016 at 6:43 AM, Dan Halperin
> > > <dhalp...@google.com.invalid> wrote:
> > > > Seems phenomenal!
> > > >
> > > > Reading between the lines of your email, it sounds like changes to
> > > Jenkins
> > > > configuration will not actually be exercised on the PR that makes
> them.
> > > So,
> > > > we still need to work out a process of how we test changes that would
> > > > affect Jenkins config.
> > > >
> > > > (That does not take away from the fact that DSL is a vast
> improvement!)
> > > > Dan
> > > >
> > > > On Tue, Nov 15, 2016 at 12:52 PM, Aljoscha Krettek <
> > aljos...@apache.org>
> > > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> +1 I like this a lot!
> > > >>
> > > >> On Tue, 15 Nov 2016 at 10:37 Jean-Baptiste Onofré <j...@nanthrax.net>
> > > wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >> > Fantastic Davor !
> > > >> >
> > > >> > I like this approach, I gonna take a deeper look.
> > > >> >
> > > >> > Thanks !
> > > >> >
> > > >> > Regards
> > > >> > JB
> > > >> >
> > > >> > On 11/15/2016 10:01 AM, Davor Bonaci wrote:
> > > >> > > Hi everybody,
> > > >> > > As I'm sure everybody knows, we use Apache's Jenkins instance
> for
> > > all
> > > >> our
> > > >> > > testing, including pre-commit, post-commit, nightly snapshot,
> etc.
> > > >> > (Travis
> > > >> > > CI is a backup system and recommended for individual forks
> only.)
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > Managing Jenkins projects has been a big pain point so far.
> Among
> > > other
> > > >> > > reasons, only a few of us have access to configure it, way too
> few
> > > of
> > > >> us
> > > >> > > have visibility into what those jobs do, and nobody has any
> > > visibility
> > > >> > into
> > > >> > > changes being made or an opportunity to comment on them.
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > Well, not any more! I was playing a little bit with Jenkins DSL
> > > plugin
> > > >> > and
> > > >> > > was able to move our configuration out of Jenkins and into the
> git
> > > >> > > repository. I've done it as a proof of concept for the website
> > > >> repository
> > > >> > > only [1], but Jason is planning on extending that work to the
> main
> > > >> > > repository. Look for a PR shortly!
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > Going forward, anyone can see what our Jenkins jobs are doing,
> and
> > > >> anyone
> > > >> > > can add new jobs or improve existing ones by simply proposing a
> > pull
> > > >> > > request to change the configuration. Finally, the project
> > maintains
> > > a
> > > >> > > history in source repository, instead of direct changes without
> > much
> > > >> > > accountability.
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > How this works? There's a "seed" job that periodically applies
> > > >> > > configuration specified in the source repository into Jenkins.
> > > >> Currently,
> > > >> > > this happens once per day. If you modify the configuration in
> the
> > > >> source
> > > >> > > repository, it will be applied within 24 hours. If you, however,
> > > modify
> > > >> > the
> > > >> > > configuration in Jenkins directly, it will revert back to
> whatever
> > > is
> > > >> > > specified in the code repository also within 24 hours.
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > How to understand Jenkins DSL? There are many resources
> available;
> > > I've
> > > >> > > found Jenkins Job DSL API [2] particularly helpful.
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > I hope you are excited to have this feature available to us! If
> > you
> > > >> have
> > > >> > > any thoughts on improving this further, please comment. Thanks!
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > Davor
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > [1] https://github.com/apache/incubator-beam-site/pull/80
> > > >> > > [2] https://jenkinsci.github.io/job-dsl-plugin/
> > > >> > >
> > > >> >
> > > >> > --
> > > >> > Jean-Baptiste Onofré
> > > >> > jbono...@apache.org
> > > >> > http://blog.nanthrax.net
> > > >> > Talend - http://www.talend.com
> > > >> >
> > > >>
> > >
> >
>

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