[Python-Dev] "Buildbot" category on the tracker

2009-10-29 Thread Antoine Pitrou
Hello, What do you think of creating a "buildbot" category in the tracker? There are often problems on specific buildbots which would be nice to track, but there's nowhere to do so. Regards Antoine. ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org

Re: [Python-Dev] "Buildbot" category on the tracker

2009-10-29 Thread Martin v. Löwis
> What do you think of creating a "buildbot" category in the tracker? There are > often problems on specific buildbots which would be nice to track, but there's > nowhere to do so. Do you have any specific reports that you would want to classify with this category? Regards, Martin ___

Re: [Python-Dev] "Buildbot" category on the tracker

2009-10-29 Thread exarkun
On 02:30 pm, solip...@pitrou.net wrote: Hello, What do you think of creating a "buildbot" category in the tracker? There are often problems on specific buildbots which would be nice to track, but there's nowhere to do so. Is your idea that this would be for tracking issues with the *bots*

Re: [Python-Dev] "Buildbot" category on the tracker

2009-10-29 Thread Jesse Noller
On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 7:04 PM, wrote: > On 02:30 pm, solip...@pitrou.net wrote: >> >> Hello, >> >> What do you think of creating a "buildbot" category in the tracker? There >> are >> often problems on specific buildbots which would be nice to track, but >> there's >> nowhere to do so. > > Is yo

Re: [Python-Dev] "Buildbot" category on the tracker

2009-10-29 Thread R. David Murray
On Thu, 29 Oct 2009 at 19:41, Jesse Noller wrote: Then again, I know for a fact certain tests fail ONLY on certain buildbots because of the way they're configured. For example, certain multiprocessing tests will fail if /dev/shm isn't accessible on Linux, and several of the buildbosts are in tigh

Re: [Python-Dev] "Buildbot" category on the tracker

2009-10-29 Thread exarkun
On 29 Oct, 11:41 pm, jnol...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 7:04 PM, wrote: On 02:30 pm, solip...@pitrou.net wrote: Hello, What do you think of creating a "buildbot" category in the tracker? There are often problems on specific buildbots which would be nice to track, but there

Re: [Python-Dev] "Buildbot" category on the tracker

2009-10-29 Thread Jesse Noller
On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 8:31 PM, R. David Murray wrote: > I'd say that particular one is a bug in the tests.  If /dev/shm is > not available and is required, then the tests should be skipped with > an appropriate message.  It would also secondarily be an issue with > the buildbot fleet, since mul

Re: [Python-Dev] "Buildbot" category on the tracker

2009-10-30 Thread Martin v. Löwis
Jesse Noller wrote: > On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 8:31 PM, R. David Murray > wrote: > >> I'd say that particular one is a bug in the tests. If /dev/shm is >> not available and is required, then the tests should be skipped with >> an appropriate message. It would also secondarily be an issue with >

Re: [Python-Dev] "Buildbot" category on the tracker

2009-10-30 Thread Martin v. Löwis
> But the real reason for having a buildbot category (or at least a keyword) > would be to be able to tag all bugs that are currently making buildbots > fail that are _not_ the result of a recent checkin. This would make > the task of finding the bugs that need to be cleaned up to stabilize > the

Re: [Python-Dev] "Buildbot" category on the tracker

2009-10-30 Thread Jesse Noller
On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 4:53 AM, "Martin v. Löwis" wrote: > I'm confused: first you said they fail, now you say they get skipped. > Which one is it? I agree with R. David's analysis: if they fail, it's > a multiprocessing bug, if they get skipped, it's a flaw in the build > slave configuration (b

Re: [Python-Dev] "Buildbot" category on the tracker

2009-10-30 Thread exarkun
On 12:55 pm, jnol...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 4:53 AM, "Martin v. Löwis" wrote: I'm confused: first you said they fail, now you say they get skipped. Which one is it? I agree with R. David's analysis: if they fail, it's a multiprocessing bug, if they get skipped, it's a flaw in

Re: [Python-Dev] "Buildbot" category on the tracker

2009-10-30 Thread R. David Murray
On Fri, 30 Oct 2009 at 08:55, Jesse Noller wrote: On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 4:53 AM, "Martin v. L?wis" wrote: I'm confused: first you said they fail, now you say they get skipped. Which one is it? I agree with R. David's analysis: if they fail, it's a multiprocessing bug, if they get skipped, it'

Re: [Python-Dev] "Buildbot" category on the tracker

2009-10-30 Thread Jesse Noller
On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 10:15 AM, wrote: > On 12:55 pm, jnol...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 4:53 AM, "Martin v. Löwis" >> wrote: >>> >>> I'm confused: first you said they fail, now you say they get skipped. >>> Which one is it? I agree with R. David's analysis: if they fail, i

Re: [Python-Dev] "Buildbot" category on the tracker

2009-10-30 Thread R. David Murray
On Fri, 30 Oct 2009 at 09:57, "Martin v. L?wis" wrote: But the real reason for having a buildbot category (or at least a keyword) would be to be able to tag all bugs that are currently making buildbots fail that are _not_ the result of a recent checkin. This would make the task of finding the bu

Re: [Python-Dev] "Buildbot" category on the tracker

2009-10-30 Thread Antoine Pitrou
twistedmatrix.com> writes: > > Is your idea that this would be for tracking issues with the *bots* > themselves? That is, not just for tracking cases where some test method > fails on a particular bot, but for tracking cases where, say, a bot's > host has run out of disk space and cannot run

Re: [Python-Dev] "Buildbot" category on the tracker

2009-10-30 Thread Martin v. Löwis
> Well the general situation would be slightly easier to appreciate if there > was a > public medium where buildbot info was exchanged, announcements done, and > problems tracked. Some kind of tracker, tracker keyword, mailing-list, or > anything else. As for the tracker keyword - I created one (

Re: [Python-Dev] "Buildbot" category on the tracker

2009-10-31 Thread Martin v. Löwis
> How about: > "indicates that related test failures are causing buildbot > instability" Ok, changed! Martin ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.or