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diff --git a/python/buildbot/README b/python/buildbot/README index f8cf037869..6e3d4e8b32 100644 --- a/python/buildbot/README +++ b/python/buildbot/README @@ -1,12 +1,14 @@ -The BuildBot is a system to automate the compile/test cycle required by most -software projects to validate code changes. By automatically rebuilding and -testing the tree each time something has changed, build problems are pinpointed -quickly, before other developers are inconvenienced by the failure. The guilty -developer can be identified and harassed without human intervention. By running -the builds on a variety of platforms, developers who do not have the facilities -to test their changes everywhere before checkin will at least know shortly -afterwards whether they have broken the build or not. Warning counts, lint -checks, image size, compile time, and other build parameters can be tracked -over time, are more visible, and are therefore easier to improve. +The BuildBot is a system to automate the compile/test cycle required by +most software projects to validate code changes. By automatically +rebuilding and testing the tree each time something has changed, build +problems are pinpointed quickly, before other developers are +inconvenienced by the failure. The guilty developer can be identified +and harassed without human intervention. By running the builds on a +variety of platforms, developers who do not have the facilities to test +their changes everywhere before checkin will at least know shortly +afterwards whether they have broken the build or not. Warning counts, +lint checks, image size, compile time, and other build parameters can be +tracked over time, are more visible, and are therefore easier to +improve. See also buildbot-slave (the slave component of BuildBot). |