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)['change_source']:
  • 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)

Schedulers

• buildbotcustom.misc.generateBranchObjects(config, name)['schedulers']:
  • MozScheduler
  • NoMergeScheduler or Scheduler
  • NightlyRebuild
  • Nightly
  • NightlyL10n
  • Nigtly (weekly)
  • 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']
• release_master.py:
  • Scheduler (name='repo_setup')
  • Dependent (name='tag'), depends on repo_setup
  • Dependent (name='source'), depends on tag
  • Dependent (en-US build), depends on tag
  • DependentL10n (l10n repack), depends on en-US build scheduler
  • Scheduler for partner repack, 'post_signing' branch
  • Scheduler for l10n verification, 'post_signing' branch
  • Scheduler for updates, 'post_signing' branch
  • Scheduler for release-unittest for each platform in unittestPlatforms
• release_mobile_master.py:
  • Scheduler (name='mobile_repo_setup')
  • Dependent (name='mobile_tag'), depends on mobile_repo_setup
  • Dependent (name='mobile_source'), depends on mobile_tag
  • Dependent (en-US build), depends on mobile_tag
  • DependentL10n (l10n repack), depends on en-US build scheduler
• mobile_master.py:
  • Nightly
  • NightlyL10n if enable_l10n is set
  • MozScheduler
  • Scheduler (branch="mobile-browser", treeStableTimer=3*60)

Bugs

Used query Status: UNCONFIRMED, NEW, ASSIGNED, REOPENED Classification: Other Component: Release Engineering,Release Engineering: Custom Builds,Release Engineering: Future Product: mozilla.org

Interesting bugs

• Release related: Bug 505318, Bug 505392
• Updates related: Bug 507024
• L10N/Marketing related: Bug 511532: Generate ISO images of the latest Firefox release automatically

???

• pushsnip (?): Bug 508417