Re: 0 bot for Git
- From
Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
- Date
- Apr 25, 2016, 14:07 UTC
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- <alpine.DEB.2.20.1604251603590.2896@virtualbox>
- In-Reply-To
- <1C553D20-26D9-4BF2-B77E-DEAEDDE869E2@gmail.com>
Hi Lars,
On Sun, 24 Apr 2016, Lars Schneider wrote:
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> [...] the current Git Travis CI OSX build always installs the latest > versions of Git LFS and Perforce via brew [1] and the Linux build > installs fixed versions [2]. Consequently new LFS/Perforce versions can > brake the OS X build even if there is no change in Git. > > You could argue that this is bad CI practice because CI results should > be reproducible. However, it has value to test the latest versions to > detect integration errors as the one with Git LFS 1.2. We could add > additional build jobs to test fixed versions and latest versions but > this would just burn a lot of CPU cycles... that was the reason why I > chose the way it is implemented right now. I will add a comment to the > OSX build to make the current strategy more clear (Linux fixed versions, > OS X latest versions). > > What do you think about that? Do you agree/disagree? Do you see a better > way?
I agree with your reasoning.
Ciao, Dscho