[jboss-dev] Hack for Continuous Integration in AS

[Jason T. Greene]

Andrew Lee Rubinger wrote:
> Had a thought regarding the lack of testability for non-released 
> components in AS.
> 
> The chicken-egg dilemna is:
> 
> * We can't validate a release until it passes AS and TCK TestSuites
> * We can't integrate into AS until a component is released
> 
> So we work around this by releasing, crossing our fingers, and 
> re-releasing if a problem pops up.
> 
> Some hack idea is:
> 
> * Create "component-matrix-continuous" with parent of "component-matrix"
> * c-m-c may define versioned SNAPSHOTs in the depMgt section, overriding 
> those defined by c-m.
> * Make a property to set the artifactId of the parent of thirdparty POM 
> to the continuous build:
> 
>  > ./build.sh -Dcontinuous=true
> 
> ...then we can set up Hudson runs to test versioned SNAPSHOTs to catch 
> errors that may be coming down the line without affecting the normal build.
> 
> WWJD?

Hmm. The thing I wonder though is how useful this will be if you start 
pulling in everyone's snapshots. You will probably end up with 
incompatible combinations.

It's probably more useful if every team has their own manual or 
automated integration run. This could either be snapshot based via some 
kind of maven override, or could be a temporary branch created off the 
main AS branch that includes the changes.

-- 
Jason T. Greene
JBoss, a division of Red Hat