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Alexey Kazakov commented on JBIDE-23206:
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I like the idea.
+1 to merge and use it.
build flag for always use current timestamp to assist QE in testing
PRs
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Key: JBIDE-23206
URL:
https://issues.jboss.org/browse/JBIDE-23206
Project: Tools (JBoss Tools)
Issue Type: Enhancement
Components: build
Affects Versions: 4.4.2.AM1
Reporter: Rob Stryker
Assignee: Nick Boldt
In the case where a PR is not rebased against master constantly, QE is blocked from
testing it under two situations:
1) The PR job has produced a site. QE installs most recent jbt, then tries to install the
PR site. This fails because the PR site is older than the nightly build.
2) The QE rep checks out the PR and tries to build locally. The timestamps match the
change date (ie the date the PR was last changed), which is still older than the nightly
build.
In both situations, QE cannot install a locally-built or PR-built site on top of a more
recent nightly build of JBT. We cannot expect QE to rebase and (if required) merge /
change code.
The best bet here is to simply add a flag QE can use when building locally to always use
current timestamp, to ensure locally built unit is always 'newest'.
We then document that flag in devdoc for QE and make it part of their standard workflow.