Bug#883529: ITA: buildbot,buildbot-slave -- Build automation system
2018-02-14, W. Martin Borgert:
> Robin, many thanks for working on buildbot!
> Very much appreciated!
Don't mention it. It is a good thing to have it in Debian, it gives a
lot of visibility and good reputation to the project. I'm glad to help!
> At least for Node I reject the term ecosystem. Toxic waste dump?
>
> Sorry, just kidding.
Hehe, so that is not only for java :)
> Very good! If server and web ui are separated cleanly, it should
> be possible to write alternative UIs, right? Like a console one
> for us terminal aficionados.
Yes absolutely. The web ui itself makes use of the rest api:
https://docs.buildbot.net/latest/developer/rest.html
I personally use this api extensively from command line tools at work.
It should be completely possible to have an official console client.
> If there are Python depends, that are not in Debian or too old,
> do not hesitate to ask me, maybe I can burn some time.
So far, the missing depends are projects that have not seen much
activity since a long time. I am in the process of making them optional
for building docs and running tests.
> Btw. maybe you want to maintain buildbot (at least the parts mainly
> written in Python) within the Python Applications Packaging Team
> <python-apps-team@lists.alioth.debian.org>? It is also at salsa:
> https://salsa.debian.org/python-team/applications, but the packages
> have not yet been migrated.
I had not thought about that. Why not, but I don't know how this works.
Do I need to join this team first?
For now, the source for buildbot Debian packaging is hosted on github:
https://github.com/buildbot/debian-buildbot/
https://github.com/buildbot/debian-buildbot-worker/
And I have a fork with my work-in-progress:
https://github.com/rjarry/debian-buildbot/
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