BuildBot
The BuildBot is a system to automate the compile/test cycle required by most software projects to validate code changes. It builds and tests the tree each time a change is committed, providing status updates through a Web page or other protocols.
| Tags | Software Development Build Tools Quality Assurance Version Control Libraries Python Modules Testing |
|---|---|
| Licenses | GPL |
| Implementation | Python |
Recent releases
- 03 Mar 2009 07:13
Changes: A few minor bugs were fixed. A missing method was added to the IRC status plugin. RPM-related buildsteps were added to setup.py.
- 16 Sep 2008 18:02
Changes: The location of the public_html directory is now configurable, new "lock access modes" have been added, and the buildslave missing_timeout= should no longer fire too early. Compatibility with recent versions of Mercurial and Git has been improved.
- 30 Mar 2008 08:31
Changes: This is mainly a bugfix release, addressing several dozen problems found and fixed over the last six months. Some small new features were added: the "buildbot checkconfig" command was added to test the buildmaster's config file before use, and the Waterfall can now accept "?category=FOO" query arguments in the URL to limit the display to Builders that belong to the given categories.
- 01 Oct 2007 02:00
Changes: New Web status pages were added. The buildbot can now notify administrators about buildslaves that are offline for too long. Support for the Bazaar-NG (bzr) system was added, and Mercurial support was improved. Many bugs were fixed.
- 11 Dec 2006 04:39
Changes: Monotone and Tinderbox support was added, as well as an SVN repository poller, new file-transfer BuildSteps, and multi-owner Locks. Builder reconfiguration is far less destructive than before, and now includes automatic logfile summarization.
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Recent commentsSeems challenging to get started
It could use some good howto documents for getting going. How about something that starts with a small python program, puts it in svn, and setups a buildbot system all on localhost?