Sorry, I missed answering this mail last time.. On Sun, Dec 21, 2008 at 1:15 AM, Wendy Smoak <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 8:05 PM, Maria Odea Ching <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > 1. In the Configuration page, set Number of Allowed Builds in Parallel to > a > > value greater than 1 and save the changes. > > 2. Create a new Build Queue. You can create a few more if you want but > you > > shouldn't be permitted to create more than the Number of Allowed Builds > in > > Parallel you've set in the configuration. > > 3. In the Schedules page, edit DEFAULT_SCHEDULE and select the Build > Queues > > you want to attach to it. These build queues would be used to distribute > the > > checkouts/builds to be executed when the DEFAULT_SCHEDULE is used. > > 4. Add a number of projects (different project groups if possible) to > > Continuum. You should be able to see in the Queues page the current > > checkout/builds executing and the queued tasks, and to which Build Queue > are > > these tasks executing or queued. > > Step 3 isn't intuitive... I skipped it and got a NPE when adding > projects. Then when I tried to complete it, the multi-select box is > difficult to figure out. If you select everything in it, saving just > refeshes the page. If you select the two build queues (not the top > 'title' line) then saving the page takes you back to the list of build > queues with no confirmation. > > Can we prompt for the schedule when adding a build queue, to eliminate > that extra step? Or simply attach the queue to the default schedule, > and you can go change it if necessary? It's just a UI thing I think. > It can go in the list for enhancements after it all works. :) > Agreed. > > I was using the 'simple' example in the Continuum sandbox, and r728182 > of the parallel builds branch (not the one you staged.) > > On Step 3 you mention that the queues will be used when the > _scheduled_ build happens... what about forced builds? Hmm, don't forced builds use a default build definition with a schedule attached to it? > > > -- > Wendy > Thanks, Deng -- Maria Odea Ching Software Engineer | Exist Global | 687-4091 | Skype: maria.odea.ching | www.exist.com | Innovation Delivered
