[OpenAFS-devel] Transistioning to buildbot 1.x

[Pat Riehecky]

Any chance we can add a regular run of cppcheck to master?

https://docs.buildbot.net/latest/manual/cfg-buildsteps.html#id44

On 08/10/2018 08:28 AM, Michael Meffie wrote:
> Hello All,
>
> We are in the process of transitioning to a modern version of buildbot for the
> OpenAFS buildbot master hosted by MIT at buildbot.openafs.org.
>
> The buildbot version 0.8.x setup by Jason Edgecombe has served us well over the
> years, however we are long overdue for an upgrade.  Since this time the
> buildbot project has released a 1.0 version with major changes and some
> incompatibilities requiring us to transition the buildbot master to a modern
> version.
>
> Starting with buildbot version 0.9, the buildbot project has deprecated the
> term "buildbot slave" and transitioned to the new "buildbot worker"
> terminology.  Protocol changes have been made, however buildbot master version
> 1.x supports old buildbot slaves as well as modern buildbot workers. The
> buildbot master version 0.8.x we are currently running only supports the legacy
> buildbot slaves.
>
> A new buildbot master[1] version 1.3 has been installed on buildbot.openafs.org
> donated by MIT, running side-by-side the old buildbot master during this
> transition.  The new master is listening on a non-default port in order to run
> side-by-side with the old master.  We plan on testing out the new buildbot
> master and the gerrit integration with a few slaves/workers for a few weeks.
>
> After a test period, we will be shutting down the old master and changing the
> ports so the existing buildslaves will start using the new buildbot master,
> hopefully transparently.
>
> The master configuration has been ported to the new version and is being
> maintained on github[2] on branch buildbot-1xx.
>
> Thanks goes to Ben Kuduk and the staff at MIT for assisting in this upgrade.
>
> Thanks,
> Mike

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