Hello,
The 2.0 version of graphs.mozilla.org is ready for use:
We're not quite ready to take over graphs.mozilla.org yet - the plan is to do a phased rollout starting with this post, followed by advertising the new URL on graphs.m.o …
read moreSocorro development VMs available
I have been working on a Vagrant virtual machine config for Socorro:
https://github.com/rhelmer/socorro-vagrant
Vagrant (http://vagrantup.com/) is a tool to automate setup of the VirtualBox VMs. It uses puppet to set up and maintain the VM (the puppet manifests are based on what we use …
read moreperf-o-matic 2.0 news
First of all, thank you for all the feedback for the new perf-o-matic 2.0 interface! It has been overwhelmingly positive and is utterly invaluable.
To avoid the time and expense of having to wheedle information out of me, here are the answers to some frequently asked questions:
- the data …
gzip-encoding on tinderbox-stage needs testing
Bug 574524 should make loading pages from Tinderbox much faster, especially the brief and full log reports. If you use Tinderbox and are interested in faster load times, please help test tinderbox-stage and comment in the bug if you think anything is broken due to this change.
read morecanvas love
Tinderbox
I have been meaning to respond to a bit of Aki's post which linked to me a while back.
I totally agree on quite a bit, although I'd argue that unless someone really steps up, takes a leadership role, and sets a clear future direction, then sticking with Tinderbox indefinitely …
read moremaking updates easier
For a few months now, I've been working in my spare time on a way to make configuring and serving updates to Mozilla-based applications easier.
Mozilla updates are MAR files, which are linked to by the Automatic Update Service (aka AUS2). Several tools are involved in the making of updates …
read moretinderbox json examples back online
Thanks to the intrepid Mozilla IT Team (in particular Trevor and Justin) for sending me the contents of people.mozilla.com/~rhelmer, I now have the Tinderbox JSON examples back online.
Since it's on my own server now and I have to pay for the bandwidth, I am not auto-refreshing …
read morereleases on tap
One of the things that was pounded into me while working at MoCo is the idea of having a bug tracker and using it. I literally can't work without one anymore. It's the first thing I really pushed for at my new job (they were using various ad-hoc systems for …
read moreon moving to buildbot for reals
People are often very confused by the state of where Mozilla is with regard to Tinderbox versus Buildbot. They are both continuous integration systems, and you'd think that just jumping wholesale would be easier than the unholy marriage I've described in the past.
The big distinctions are these:
- server vs …