Rail/2010-02-01

Infrastructure

• Win32: ReferencePlatforms/Win32
  • Related bug and hg links
  • Q: Why to bore ourselves with firewall rules? Use an open firewall like in Linux...

• Linux: ReferencePlatforms/Linux-CentOS-5.0
  • Suggestion: use sed instead of perl for root

• Overall
  • Suggestion: Simplify ssh configuration by distributing `known_hosts' files or by using expect(1) scenarios.

• Continue reading from ReferencePlatforms/Linux-CentOS-5.0#Version_3

Buildbot

• Suggestion: Use separate repositories (or explicit/named branches) for staging and production configs. In this case diffing and merging tasks will be easier.

diff -urN mozilla2 mozilla2-staging > staging.patch; less staging.patch; patch < staging.patch; is stateless, while merging between repos/branches tracks all relations between staging and production areas.

Change Sources

• buildbotcustom.misc.generateBranchObjects(config, name):
  • HgPoller
  • HgAllLocalesPoller (if enable_l10n is set)
  • used in master1.cfg with ACTIVE_BRANCHES = ['mozilla-central', 'mozilla-1.9.2', 'places']
  • used in master2.cfg with ACTIVE_BRANCHES = ['tracemonkey', 'mozilla-1.9.1', 'electrolysis', 'firefox-lorentz']
• master-main.cfg:
  • PBChangeSource
• master2.cfg:
  • HgAllLocalesPoller for mozilla-1.9.1 and mozilla-1.9.2
  • HgPoller for mozilla-central and mozilla-1.9.2
• release_master.py:
  • FtpPoller ("post_signing" branch, searches for "win32_signing_build") triggers "partner_repacks", "l10n_verification" and "updates" Schedules
• mobile_master.py:
  • HgPoller (mobile-browser)