[Nix-dev] crosslink upstream test builders with hydra (Tahoe-LAFS)

[Zooko O'Whielacronx]

Folks:

I'm an organizer of the Tahoe-LAFS project (http://tahoe-lafs.org ).
The Nix project maintains a NixPkg of Tahoe-LAFS and a Hydra test
builder for it:

http://hydra.nixos.org/job/nixpkgs/trunk/tahoelafs

The Tahoe-LAFS developers also maintain a test builder for NixOS:

http://tahoe-lafs.org/buildbot/builders/Ludo%20NixOS-amd64

(The buildslave is contributed to Tahoe-LAFS by Ludovic Courtès.)

These two automated test systems are complementary -- both are needed!
The builder operated by Nix developers lets them be sure that the
latest release of Tahoe-LAFS, as patched by the Nix developers,
integrates with the other Nix components that it depends on and that
depend on it. The builder operated by Tahoe-LAFS developers lets them
be sure that each successive patch that they commit doesn't break the
current head of Tahoe-LAFS on Nix. We use this as part of our
workflow: a platform is defined as a "Supported Platform" if we have a
Buildbot for it and we can keep that buildbot green on every darcs
commit.

I'm writing to ask if you could link to the Tahoe-LAFS builders from
the Nix Hydra builder and from the Nix package page. I've added a link
to the Hydra builder from the Tahoe-LAFS buildbot page:

http://tahoe-lafs.org/buildbot

And I asked Ludovic to add a link to the Hydra builder from his
particular buildslave's page:

http://tahoe-lafs.org/buildbot/builders/Ludo%20NixOS-amd64

To link to the Tahoe-LAFS buildbot page, just link to:

http://tahoe-lafs.org/buildbot

Thanks!

Regards,

Zooko