Re: [buckminster-dev] There must be 50 ways to build your project... or

[Thomas Hallgren <thomas@xxxxxxx>]

Hi all,
Here are some clarifications on Buckminster related things.

Nick Boldt wrote:
> Athena + Hudson gives you:
>
> * build-to-build interaction (build B can start if it sees there's a new 
> build A available) so you can get build cascades (eg., perfect for the 
> projects that depend on GMF)
>
> * EMMA, FindBugs and other source/performance analysis tools
>
> * Simple interface for having builds respond to changes in CVS/SVN and 
> build automatically (continuous integration)
>
> * better web UI than the custom stuff in build/index.php, which is 
> nightmarish to update every time someone needs a new requirement added
>
> * XML and plain text APIs to track what's happening w/ builds, including 
> being able to watch build status on iPod (David Green's Hudson Helper)
>
> * plots showing how your junits are increasing/decreasing over time
>
> * plots showing how long your build takes over time
>
> * the Continuous Integration Game, to encourage people to write more 
> tests, fix more warnings, NOT break the build, etc.
>
> * ability to build against p2 repos, extracting specific feature.groups 
> needed for compilation
>
> > Is the idea to move all the modeling builds to this new method? Or is 
> > there good reasons to keep people using the existing infrastructure? 
>
> The Modeling build is deprecated, just as the EMFT build was deprecated 
> before that. It's been in maintenance mode since I started Athena last 
> June. So, yes, if you want new bells/whistles in the system, it's Athena 
> or bust.
>
> > Buckminster, 
>
> Workspace & target platform provisioning (?)
Yes, and in addition to that, Buckminster brings you out-of-the-box commands to:

* Build and export bundles and features. Either from your IDE or from the command line. The build that executes will be
exactly the same in both cases

* Create a P2 site from any feature. This includes pack200 and signing. Can run on any server (or from your IDE)

* Hudson integration (sharing a lot of the advantages that Nick mentioned for Athena above)

* And lots more. Take a look at our documentation:
http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/download.php?file=/tools/buckminster/doc/BuckyBook.pdf

> > bucky build, 
>
> Uses Buckminster to create an aggregate p2 repo (Galileo)
The Galileo Builder is described here:

http://wiki.eclipse.org/Buckminster_Galileo_Builder

And we're working on it's successor:

http://wiki.eclipse.org/Getting_Started_With_Aggregator_(Buckminster)


> > gan-o-matic, 
>
> Last year's Ganymede builder, which was either ant or buckminster, or a 
> combination (not sure)
It was a mix of Ant, Buckminster, and the old Update Manager. May it rest in peace :-)

Kind Regards,
Thomas Hallgren

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