[python-committers] New installed Python builders

[R. David Murray]

On Mon, 23 Nov 2015 00:58:01 -0600, Zachary Ware <zachary.ware+pydev at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Inspired by a couple of issues about testing installed Python that
> popped up this morning (#25694 and #25696), I've set up a new set of
> builders[1] to build, install, and test the installed Python.  They
> run on the same slave that runs my "x86 Gentoo Non-Debug with X"
> builders.
> 
> If you are interested, please have a look at how they do what they do,
> and let me know if you see any issues with how it's set up.  Since the
> 3.x builder is not failing, I'm not sure whether the issues have been
> fixed or if I messed something up in the setup :)
> 
> [1] http://buildbot.python.org/all/builders/x86%20Gentoo%20Installed%20with%20X%203.x
>     http://buildbot.python.org/all/builders/x86%20Gentoo%20Installed%20with%20X%203.5
>     http://buildbot.python.org/all/builders/x86%20Gentoo%20Installed%20with%20X%203.4
>     http://buildbot.python.org/all/builders/x86%20Gentoo%20Installed%20with%20X%202.7

I haven't looked at this, but unless the buildbot does *not* have write
access to the installed directories (ie: the install was done as another
user) it isn't really doing a full installed python test.

--David