Thanks to justdave for getting our Tinderbox server installation up to date!
One of the new features I'd like to highlight is a quick&dirty JSON output format.
This is different from all of the existing Tinderbox modes (e.g. quickparse) in that it's a dump of the internal data …
read moreThe Tinderbox waterfall page is pretty detail-heavy. I see a lot of complaints specifically that the page gets too wide, making it hard to see at a glance if anything is failing to compile or failing a test (which for Mozilla means that you can't check in until it's fixed …
read moreWe've been using the release automation scripts, aka Bootstrap, for the past several releases. We've hit some bumps but overall we've improved quality as we've been pushing changes into the scripts instead of having to document and remember to re-check a large list of "gotchas" whenever we run into problems …
read moreAs many of you know by now, Ben Hearsum has been doing awesome work on Buildbot integration, such as:
* bonsai support
* publishing to tinderbox
* setup and administration of the seneca cluster
Now the awesomeness continues, as we're working on a Buildbot "try" server to allow developers to upload patches that …
read moreThe staging environment for the release automation project (aka "bootstrap") is up and running. This includes a CVS mirror, so everything from tagging to build to updates (with verification each step along the way) can be done without affecting the production environment.
The setup/teardown of the environment is scripted …
read moreI will be on vacation from October 16th through the 23rd in Toronto, and giving a lecture at Seneca on the 20th. If you are in the area and want to hang out, feel free to give me a buzz.
The release automation work is at a reasonably happy place …
read moreLots of stuff done this week in between release activities. I am on planet.m.o now (though too late for most people to have seen my previous post most likely), thanks to tor for setting me up!
Made some good progress on the release automation work (started tracking bug …
read moreFor Firefox and Thunderbird, we assign one build/release engineer per release (as part of the "release team" for that version). I've been the release engineer for 3 of the Firefox/Thunderbird 1.5.0.x cycles and 2 of the BonEcho alphas, so (I hope!) that I am starting …
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