[Box-Admins] Re: External package builds

[Frank Shearar]

On 22 March 2013 14:56, Frank Shearar <frank.shearar at gmail.com> wrote:
> So if you've looked at the list of jobs on Jenkins lately you'll
> notice it's drastically shorter.
>
> I've folded all the deleted jobs into one job, ExternalPackage, that
> * bootstraps a Smalltalk environment (Cog VM, Interpreter VM, etc.)
> * preps an image for running tests (updates an image, loads
> HudsonBuildTools, and saves the image as a base state)
> * for each Squeak version (currently only 4.4 and 4.5; 4.3 needs to
> have an Installer fix first)
> ** for each external package
> *** loads the package through package-load-test/MyPackage.st
> *** runs the test
>
> Which means drastically less disk space, but at the cost of
> quick-glance how're-all-packages-doing. Now you'll have to drill down
> a bit to see failing tests:
> http://build.squeak.org/job/ExternalPackages/24/testReport/

Another cost: you see the test report per Monticello package; it's not
necessarily obvious how a Monticello package relates to an
application: EitherTests form part of Nutcracker, for instance.

Another benefit: the time to run all these tests is drastically less
than the old regime.

frank

> Ken's found one problem with the new world order, which is that you
> sometimes get processes launched by the build that don't get killed. I
> _hope_ I've fixed this by extending the timeout period for a test
> sufficiently.
>
> frank