[BIOSAL] Travis CI based build/test in GitHub

Sat Nov 8 21:06:12 CST 2014

"git mv" is the right way to do this, right?

George

George K. Thiruvathukal, PhD
*Professor of Computer Science*, Loyola University Chicago
*Director*, Center for Textual Studies and Digital Humanities
*Guest Faculty*, Argonne National Laboratory, Math and Computer Science
Division
Editor in Chief, Computing in Science and Engineering
<http://www.computer.org/portal/web/computingnow/cise> (IEEE CS/AIP)
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On Sat, Nov 8, 2014 at 9:02 PM, George K. Thiruvathukal <gkt at cs.luc.edu>
wrote:

> Yes, I will move things to be consistent with your Jenkins setup. I'm also
> working on how to get the CI "matrix" pattern working so we can test all
> combinations of build variables. It's pretty amazing what Travis can do,
> although I also have some doubts about whether there is any sort of
> architectural diversity. With your Jenkins setup, we have total control of
> the backend nodes, including exotic things the Travis folks are not likely
> to support anytime soon.
>
> I will try to do this before Monday but might have to work on it then.
>
> This has been so much fun. :) Suffice it to say, I'm now back to GitHub
> for good.
>
> George
>
>
> George K. Thiruvathukal, PhD
> *Professor of Computer Science*, Loyola University Chicago
> *Director*, Center for Textual Studies and Digital Humanities
> *Guest Faculty*, Argonne National Laboratory, Math and Computer Science
> Division
> Editor in Chief, Computing in Science and Engineering
> <http://www.computer.org/portal/web/computingnow/cise> (IEEE CS/AIP)
> (w) gkt.tv (v) 773.829.4872
>
>
> On Sat, Nov 8, 2014 at 8:58 PM, Boisvert, Sebastien <boisvert at anl.gov>
> wrote:
>
>> > From: George K. Thiruvathukal [gkt at cs.luc.edu]
>> > Sent: Saturday, November 08, 2014 8:46 PM
>> > To: Boisvert, Sebastien
>> > Cc: biosal at lists.cels.anl.gov
>> > Subject: Re: [BIOSAL] Travis CI based build/test in GitHub
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Seb,
>> >
>> > I just realized that the top-level message probably should be "biosal".
>> Sorry! I sometimes think of biosal and thorium as the same thing, even
>> though they're not! :)
>> >
>> >
>> > I'll work on the answer to the junit.xml question. It's not clear to
>> me that Travis supports all of these things yet, especially for visualizing
>> the tests. I'm guessing it will be supported at some point soon though.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Do you want me to amend the commit messages in some way, or can we live
>> with a small amount of imperfection?
>>
>> You don't need to amend. That is fine.
>>
>> >
>> >
>> > George
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > George K. Thiruvathukal, PhD
>> >
>> > Professor of Computer Science, Loyola University Chicago
>> >
>> > Director, Center for Textual Studies and Digital Humanities
>> > Guest Faculty, Argonne National Laboratory, Math and Computer Science
>> Division
>> > Editor in Chief, Computing in
>> >  Science and Engineering (IEEE CS/AIP)
>> >
>> > (w) gkt.tv (v)
>> >  773.829.4872
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
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>> >
>> >
>> > On Sat, Nov 8, 2014 at 8:05 PM, Boisvert, Sebastien
>> > <boisvert at anl.gov> wrote:
>> >
>> > Can you tell Travis-CI to pick up the JUnit XML files (*/*.junit.xml)
>> so that it shows the results ?
>> >
>> > > From:
>> > biosal-bounces at lists.cels.anl.gov [biosal-bounces at lists.cels.anl.gov]
>> on behalf of George
>> >  K. Thiruvathukal [gkt at cs.luc.edu]
>> > > Sent: Saturday, November 08, 2014 5:53 PM
>> > > To:
>> > biosal at lists.cels.anl.gov
>> > > Subject: [BIOSAL] Travis CI based build/test in GitHub
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> >
>> > > Hi,
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > There is separate value to doing build/test automation using the
>> hosted Jenkins setup at ANL, so I started a new thread for something that
>> is directly supported by GitHub and fully cloud hosted. It is a bit of a
>> coincidence that Seb and I were both thinking
>> > >  about testing today, so I don't want to mess up the thread he opened
>> up on Jenkins builds. (I was starting to do it for another project and
>> said, why not try it for Thorium/Biosal, too?)
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > On my "granularlity" branch, I have done a similar proof-of-concept
>> to Seb's incredible work on the Jenkins side. The notable difference is
>> that this is using the hosted Travis CI solution. So to be similar to Seb's
>> earlier posting today, here is a bit about
>> > >  the demo I have put together:
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > build:
>> > https://travis-ci.org/gkthiruvathukal/biosal (Build History tab)
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > console:
>> > https://travis-ci.org/gkthiruvathukal/biosal (Console tab)
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > tests:
>> > https://travis-ci.org/gkthiruvathukal/biosal (Console tab)
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > doc:
>> > https://github.com/gkthiruvathukal/biosal/tree/granularity
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > One this last one (doc), note that you can see whether the build
>> succeeded and the tests passed. I integrated this with the README.md page
>> (just scroll down).
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > It's basically all present in one place but incredibly easy to
>> understand the results. I especially like the colorized console output,
>> which I know is one of Seb's favorite features as he always reminds me to
>> use a proper editor and enable colors! :-)
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > I will be writing up some notes about the overall approach, but you
>> can look at .travis.yml (top level), which is what triggers the build/test
>> scenario above. I don't think this is in competition with your Jenkins
>> work, because Travis doesn't have as much
>> >  biodiversity
>> > >  when it comes to the node types supported. At some point, however,
>> we might want to see whether we can add some nodes to the setup being used
>> by Travis, which apparently relies on contributed build boxes.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > Best,
>> > > George
>> > >
>> > >
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>> > >
>> > >
>> > > George K. Thiruvathukal, PhD
>> > >
>> > > Professor of Computer Science, Loyola University Chicago
>> > >
>> > > Director, Center for Textual Studies and Digital Humanities
>> > > Guest Faculty, Argonne National Laboratory, Math and Computer Science
>> Division
>> > > Editor in Chief, Computing in
>> > >  Science and Engineering (IEEE CS/AIP)
>> > >
>> > > (w)
>> > gkt.tv (v)
>> > >  773.829.4872
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