From: David Edmondson Date: Fri, 16 May 2014 11:11:52 +0000 (+0100) Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] Enable Travis-CI as a backup continuous integration service. X-Git-Url: http://git.tremily.us/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=295e9df96b6b8d78d69b45a6564064369cfb17f4;p=notmuch-archives.git Re: [PATCH v2] Enable Travis-CI as a backup continuous integration service. --- diff --git a/0e/836e8d3484908ddd275df267565023352540f6 b/0e/836e8d3484908ddd275df267565023352540f6 new file mode 100644 index 000000000..21a7772e8 --- /dev/null +++ b/0e/836e8d3484908ddd275df267565023352540f6 @@ -0,0 +1,141 @@ +Return-Path: +X-Original-To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org +Delivered-To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org +Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) + by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E8966431FB6 + for ; Fri, 16 May 2014 04:12:08 -0700 (PDT) +X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at olra.theworths.org +X-Spam-Flag: NO +X-Spam-Score: -0.7 +X-Spam-Level: +X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.7 tagged_above=-999 required=5 + tests=[RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7] autolearn=disabled +Received: from olra.theworths.org ([127.0.0.1]) + by localhost (olra.theworths.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) + with ESMTP id kQrbgEv4URWM for ; + Fri, 16 May 2014 04:12:04 -0700 (PDT) +Received: from mail-wi0-f174.google.com (mail-wi0-f174.google.com + [209.85.212.174]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) + (No client certificate requested) + by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 066AF431FAE + for ; Fri, 16 May 2014 04:12:03 -0700 (PDT) +Received: by mail-wi0-f174.google.com with SMTP id r20so755219wiv.7 + for ; Fri, 16 May 2014 04:12:02 -0700 (PDT) +X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; + d=1e100.net; s=20130820; + h=x-gm-message-state:to:subject:in-reply-to:references:user-agent + :from:date:message-id:mime-version:content-type; + bh=DPtk+C9p7iqFmL0jvVQzZekDrMQBWWt6wunnB4VZYmo=; + b=foHgQhuzkVHZoeztnhrxR9e8omOmO9pKpYK0Fs3EoEWmaCTPmNUUA9AGV+2PP3BRlp + dHJNFuWl0vQp8JBRt2Pd0rRF8/YVAxDVzx4c2PVoFPF+DrlhQCAeZwR6E3DrA+W7jJz6 + soQ5rWo7v3GPBGozB1n0SOczjkNq852vKCn4o8cqlRnexpmMj6Fd7I7rnUmLfbFNLioi + hlKHrsLz34aLYJ9ut8iiB22WhPVQBE1KtiqR4VZecConkQJJeoD7hJFHo1ljN69xkjnT + EvZLVxSBail4IbeMzj5gHfCWpZoyDndVxTBau9nlv1MvP+mlGu4KEb8MoFr/Kqf09Bp2 + N+zA== +X-Gm-Message-State: + ALoCoQlzuSQgvDAB6ZwmBddJVXs/5Of/wkzeHHyO/Oqh6dgGm95Q6BXEUQcUyEoQoJtuvf+SwYAT +X-Received: by 10.180.12.238 with SMTP id b14mr13438005wic.16.1400238722325; + Fri, 16 May 2014 04:12:02 -0700 (PDT) +Received: from localhost ([2a01:348:1a2:1:a288:b4ff:fe8a:77d8]) + by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id ho2sm2800973wib.15.2014.05.16.04.12.00 + for + (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); + Fri, 16 May 2014 04:12:00 -0700 (PDT) +To: Wael Nasreddine , notmuch@notmuchmail.org +Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] Enable Travis-CI as a backup continuous + integration service. +In-Reply-To: +References: <1400108004-26955-1-git-send-email-wael.nasreddine@gmail.com> + <1400108004-26955-2-git-send-email-wael.nasreddine@gmail.com> + + +User-Agent: Notmuch/0.18 (http://notmuchmail.org) Emacs/24.3.1 + (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) +From: David Edmondson +Date: Fri, 16 May 2014 12:11:52 +0100 +Message-ID: +MIME-Version: 1.0 +Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; + micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature" +X-BeenThere: notmuch@notmuchmail.org +X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 +Precedence: list +List-Id: "Use and development of the notmuch mail system." + +List-Unsubscribe: , + +List-Archive: +List-Post: +List-Help: +List-Subscribe: , + +X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 16 May 2014 11:12:09 -0000 + +--=-=-= +Content-Type: text/plain + +On Thu, May 15 2014, Wael Nasreddine wrote: +> It is fragile, but unfortunately there's no way (As far as I know) +> around this problem. Travis-CI is currently running Ubuntu Precise +> (12.04) and they have plans to update to Trusty[0] but it's going to take +> them some time. + +Please forgive my ignorance. What is the place from which you are +grabbing these packages? It doesn't seem to be part of the Ubuntu +repositories. Is there no backports or security-updates repository for +Ubuntu 12.04? + +I'm really asking whether there is a way to use the standard Ubuntu +repositories to get the packages rather than downloading them directly. + +>> - What happens when those are no longer the right version numbers? +> I can host the files in a Github repository if that would work better? I +> am not very concerned about security in this case because Travis runs in +> an isolated disposable VM created for the build and destroyed +> afterwards. + +I have no strong preference. If they aren't coming from the standard +repositories then it's all just slightly different versions of bad :-) + +>> - What happens when those versions are already provided by the standard +>> repository? +> +> When #2046[0] is fixed by the Travis-CI team, our travis.yml will be +> updated to work accordingly. + +Presume that you have lost interest in notmuch. How will we know that +this has happened? + +>> - What happens if travis runs start happening on (say) an arm64 machine? +> +> Travis is currently running amd64[1] and I don't think they have plans +> to change that, in fact I heard that they have plans to support more +> architectures configurable in .travis.yml + +Your two statements seem contradictory here. + +>> I realise that you might answer "I will keep this up to date", but we +>> have to worry about what happens if you lose interest and wander away. +> +> Absolutely, I understand your point and no one can guarantee +> maintainer-ship. I can modify my patch and add documentation (comments +> in the yaml file) about what each flag does, where can you documentation +> about it and of course details about the hack. Would that be helpful? + +Comments explaining the need to grab the packages directly would be the +absolute minimum requirement, I think. Include a pointer to the travis +issue that you mentioned. + +--=-=-= +Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" + +-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- +Version: GnuPG v1 + +iKYEARECAGYFAlN18nhfFIAAAAAALgAoaXNzdWVyLWZwckBub3RhdGlvbnMub3Bl +bnBncC5maWZ0aGhvcnNlbWFuLm5ldDc1M0Y5NDJDMEExNjc3MDE4OURGMUYyMDY5 +RUNEMEFCRjA0OTY1MTYACgkQaezQq/BJZRbmWwCfeHJ1lc20hYbQcEyFwuSxgGXf +xi4AnRjeYXiADpkNC4sJMQhLhgHCaq8g +=dMs9 +-----END PGP SIGNATURE----- +--=-=-=--