[Zope-dev] How to update the ZTK KGS (was Re: Working KGS tool! (was Re: IRC discussion about testing))

[Benji York]

On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 3:05 PM, Jim Fulton<jim at zope.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 2:58 PM, Benji York<benji at zope.com> wrote:
>> On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 2:51 PM, Jim Fulton<jim at zope.com> wrote:
>>> Keep in mind that the thing we're talking about is pretty simple,
>>> basically a single file.  Branches beyond a test branch seem like
>>> overkill.  Maybe I missunderstand you. What sorts of branches did you
>>> have in mind? Do you imagibe long-standing branches that there'd be
>>> bots for?
>>
>> The idea would be that we have a buildbot that will run the tests for
>> any branch when a commit is made to that branch.  That's the entire
>> infrastructure I had in mind.
>
> Hm, that seems a bit to clever to me.  There might be lots of checkins
> on branches before someone is ready to update the KGS.

<shrug>  Buildbots are machines, they can do lots of repetitive work
without complaining.

>> Beyond that there could be policies to take advantage of the
>> infrastructure.  A good policy might be that development is done on
>> branches (as much development is done now) and a branch shouldn't be
>> merged to the trunk unless all the tests pass (on all platforms).
>
> That seems pretty intrusive to me.  I assume this would only apply to
> packages in the ZTK.

That's what I was thinking.

> I think I'd rather decouple management of individual projects from
> management of the KGS.  I wonder what other people think.

That's a reasonable stance.
-- 
Benji York
Senior Software Engineer
Zope Corporation