[Python-Dev] Buildbot questions

["Martin v. Löwis"]

Trent Mick wrote:
> (Still learning my buildbot mojo.) One idea would be to do what
> Mozilla's Tinderbox does: they have one set of builds that are
> incremental and one set that are full. Actually looking around on
> tinderbox.mozilla.org I could only find incremental builds so I'm not
> sure what they are doing.

I know how to set up full vs. incremental *builders*; they would
appear in different lanes in the Waterfall, and they would operate
on different build directories. I don't think I want additional
lanes to the Waterfall.

> To wipe out the build occassionally you could (presumably) add a
> starting step to the Python 'builder' (in the build master.cfg) to 
>     rm -rf $builddir
> every, say, Sunday night.

Sure, that would be the idea. How to formulate it?

Regards,
Martin