[webkit-dev] A post-mordem of today's tree redness

[Brent Fulgham]

On Apr 5, 2010, at 9:58 PM, Adam Barth wrote:

> We had some trouble today keeping the tree green.  In this email, I
> present a post-mordem analysis of what happened and what we can learn
> from these events.  I've removed most of the names from this account
> because the purpose isn't to assign blame but to document what
> happened in the hopes that we can learn from it.

Could rollout of patches be automated in some fashion, so that a previously-green tree becoming red could trigger a rollout of the last checkin?

On the other hand, I've noticed that the varying speed of the various build bots makes it difficult to assess which patch might have triggered a break.  It's not uncommon for some machines to be several patches behind others, and long test runs further exacerbate the problem.

-Brent