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     2 From the Buildbot project page:

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     4 > The BuildBot is a system to automate the compile/test cycle required by most

     5 > software projects to validate code changes. By automatically rebuilding and

     6 > testing the tree each time something has changed, build problems are

     7 > pinpointed quickly, before other developers are inconvenienced by the failure.

     8 > The guilty developer can be identified and harassed without human

     9 > intervention. By running the builds on a variety of platforms, developers who

    10 > do not have the facilities to test their changes everywhere before checkin

    11 > will at least know shortly afterwards whether they have broken the build or

    12 > not. Warning counts, lint checks, image size, compile time, and other build

    13 > parameters can be tracked over time, are more visible, and are therefore

    14 > easier to improve.

    15 >

    16 > The overall goal is to reduce tree breakage and provide a platform to run

    17 > tests or code-quality checks that are too annoying or pedantic for any human

    18 > to waste their time with. Developers get immediate (and potentially public)

    19 > feedback about their changes, encouraging them to be more careful about

    20 > testing before checkin.

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    22 The webstatus display of mcabber buildbot is available at

    23 <http://wodka.lubin.pl:8010> there are several views accessible on the page

    24 showing information about current and past builds. Command output is logged so

    25 if there is a build problem You will be able to see the log files directly via

    26 the web interface.

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    28 Anyone can join the buildbot farm. If You are interested in commiting Your

    29 resources to make sure that mcabber compiles across a wider range of platforms

    30 then please contact me via email at <netprobe@gmail.com> or jabber

    31 [mulander@uaznia.net](xmpp:mulander@uaznia.net).

    32 

    33 Contact mulander if You notice any problems with the Buildbot or the appropriate

    34 administrator if the problem relates to a specific Build slave.

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    36 For now mcabber doesn't have any tests that the bot could automatically run but

    37 it's planned to add some in the long run.

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    39 The mcabber-lm repository was setup first as it is supposed to be merged soon

    40 into the official repository. If time allows more build slaves will be setup for

    41 other forks of the project.

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    43 This page will be constantly updated with more specific details.

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