[maemo-developers] extras: autobuilders

[From: Neil Jerram]

Simon Pickering <S.G.Pickering at bath.ac.uk> writes:

>> Then there are (probably obvious) things about the detailed operation
>> of the above points, like automatically emailing the uploader if a
>> package doesn't build.
>>
>> If possible, it might make sense for the interface to the auto-builder
>> to be integrated into garage.
>>
>> - It feels reasonable to say that a project must have a garage page,
>>   in order to use the auto-builder.
>
> What about the myriad libraries that will be added to build all the
> random apps we want? Would each of these need a Garage page or could
> they all be grouped under the same page? I imagine most of these will
> be simple modifications (if they even need that) of existing debian
> packages and therefore a Garage project is probably overkill, a
> maintainer's email address ought to be enough.

Good point.  I take back my statement for now, then.  (I quite liked
the idea of the auto-builder reporting build problems through a garage
bug tracker, though.)

      Neil