Hello, I was kind of, sort of, in a manner of speaking the build engineer for December 2009.
In terms of code, all I did was change the AppServer layer so it explodes more nicely if you've forgotten to run 'make schema'. However, I also conducted a bit of a survey on what the pain points of Launchpad development are. There were only five respondents, but even then, there was a strong message: the TDD cycle is too slow, and the cycle of making branches & landing them is too slow. News at 11. Full survey results at http://paste.ubuntu.com/345051/ Also, when I fixed the bug in the AppServer layer, I kept a detailed record of everything I did and how long it took. If someone (perhaps the next build engineer? perhaps you?) were interested, they could make a small value-stream map from the timeline, or write some tools to automate the more repetitive steps. Steps: http://paste.ubuntu.com/345058/ Timeline: http://paste.ubuntu.com/345057/ Hope this helps, jml _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~launchpad-dev Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~launchpad-dev More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
