[cross-project-issues-dev] Auto-builds re-enabled ... and can we change

[David M Williams <david_williams@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I have once again switched on the automatic
Hudson builds to aggregate the helios .build files, when they change in
cvs. 

The purpose of this, for now, is mostly
just so you can update your URLs to your final versions, and remove any
"temporary" sites you might have had building up to the release,

and then the build confirms there's
no typos or anything. (I know some of you already have, or some of you
may not use "temporary" sites ... but if you do, now is a good
time to update). 

So, if a build breaks, please attend
to it promptly ... but, not as urgent as the "one or two hour"
turn around .... one or two days is fine, for now. 

The building and testing of Helios SR1
won't begin in earnest until September (a little in August) 
http://wiki.eclipse.org/Helios/Simultaneous_Release_Plan#SR1
but there is another reason to make
sure our files are current and building now:

To complete the move to the b3 aggregator,
I propose we switch over to the b3 aggregator format files for maintenance,
as well as for Indigo builds. 
See https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=312645,
and 
http://wiki.eclipse.org/Eclipse_b3/aggregator/manual

If no one objects, in a few weeks, we
can automatically convert the current .build files (I'm assuming ... haven't
actually tried it yet) 
and then once "maintenance"
is building with new format, we can use those as the starting point, and
copy over to a new Indigo build project to start building Indigo M1. 

While the initial version (conversion)
of these new format files will be automatic, I know changing formats will
effect some of you and will require some action on your part: 
that you may need to update your build
scripts to produce or check-in the new versions. 

So ... if this is a bad idea ... or
the timing is bad, or the timing is critical for your teams, please comment,
here or in the bug
 https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=312645.
I know to "minimize change" we would normally keep the build
files as they are, and just use new format 
in the new Indigo builds ... but, that
seems a bit awkward and error prone (to have two formats to worry about)
so I'm thinking the format change might be easier?  

So, let me know ... comments welcome.
We'll decide in a few weeks. Also, in a few weeks, I expect we'll have
more info and schedule for the Indigo milestones. 

Thanks,