[Python-Dev] Strategies for debugging buildbot failures? (original) (raw)

skip at pobox.com skip at pobox.com
Mon Jan 19 01:25:39 CET 2009 

Mark> Is it acceptable to commit a change (to the trunk or py3k, not to
Mark> the release branches) solely for the purpose of getting more
Mark> information about a failure?

I think it would be kind of nice if you could force a buildbot to use a specific branch. You could then check your diagnostic changes in on a branch meant just for that purpose. Once you're done with your changes you could simply delete the branch.

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