[Python-Dev] Automated Python testing (was Re: status of development documentation)

["Martin v. Löwis"]

Jean-Paul Calderone wrote:
> I guess the config for this particular behavior would look something
> like...

You were right that I needed two schedulers for that.

Unfortunately, it doesn't work at all, because svn_buildbot.py does
not report branches on which a change happened, so if you have multiple
schedulers for a subversion source, they either all build when a change
occurs, or none of them.

If svn_version knew about branches (which I'll have to implement,
or incorporate the patch that I saw somewhere), it would probably
work - I have now code to create builders and schedulers in a nested
loop.

> Builds can also be forced using the IRC bot, and there may be a
> commandline tool for doing this as well.  I doubt there's any
> authentication required when using the IRC bot, so it doesn't really
> help restrict forcing to commits only.

Currently, my buildbot isn't connected to IRC at all. If I ever
enable that aspect, I'll use allowForce=False again to disable
remotely invoking builds.

> Another possibility might be to place the form (or just the form action)
> behind HTTP auth.  I'm not sure if this is feasible with the
> authentication mechanism used to restrict access to the svn repository.

Not easily, no. We don't have passwords from the committers, and
authentication through SSH keys is not supported in the Web.

If people really need to be able to force a build, I can activate
that, of course - but not with explicit consent of the operators
of the build slaves.

Regards,
Martin