[python-committers] New installed Python builders

[Serhiy Storchaka]

On 23.11.15 18:00, R. David Murray wrote:
> On Mon, 23 Nov 2015 00:58:01 -0600, Zachary Ware <zachary.ware+pydev at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 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.

Yes, but at least it catches cases where some files are not installed. 
There were few issues with this.