Re: buildfarm improvements

Andrew Dunstan schrieb:
> Reini Urban wrote:
>> What I also miss is the successful output of the make test step.
>>
>> Something like the Log in "Details", just behind an additional request.
>> "Config" =>
>> Log
>> Link to "Details"
>>
>> Without those details one doesn't trust the presented result.
>> He might think that only the build was successful, and not the make
>> test step also.
>> People I redirect to this page from other projects, not reading the
>> status pages everyday.
>
>
> That would actually be a substantial change in the way it works.
> Basically, it sends the log of the step that failed. That preserves
> bandwidth and doesn't clog the database with success cases. These logs
> are not inconsiderable - I just checked on the canonical system and for
> the last successful run they were 640Kb. I was originally given this
> (virtual) server on the basis of my assurance that the bandwidth and
> database requirements would be very modest, so I'm inclined to keep to
> that.

Sure. Convinced.

> Regarding your last sentence - the intended prime users are the
> postgresql hackers. If it had a vastly more general audience I would
> have produced something a good less spartan in style. I'm not quite sure
> why you're redirecting people to the status pages from other projects.
> This is not the official list of supported platforms, and is not
> intended as a substitute for it.
>
> Perhaps we could put a statement at the top of the details page saying
> what steps have succeeded (which we could infer from the result). Of
> course, if people don't want to believe it then they won't - having logs
> should not make believing it any easier - faking the logs would be quite
> trivial.
>
> FYI here's what happens during a run - a status of OK means that *all*
> of this has run successfully:
>
> [andrew(at)aloysius buildfarm]$ ./run_build.pl --verbose
> checking out source ...
> checking if build run needed ...
> copying source to pgsql.3034 ...
> running configure ...
> running make ...
> running make check ...
> running make contrib ...
> running make install ...
> setting up db cluster ...
> starting db ...
> running make installcheck ...
> restarting db ...
> running make contrib install ...
> running make contrib installcheck ...
> stopping db ...
> OK

Printing this output would be enough for me, and other manager types.

> All the buildfarm members are known, by the way, and every status report
> is signed with a SHA1 signature. We don't just accept anonymous reports.
> In many cases I know these people from previous electronic interaction,
> via email and/or IRC. That, more than the presence of success logs,
> should give you some confidence in the results, I hope.
--
Reini Urban