Broken builds

February 2, 2007 ·  


Nightly builds are almost useless if there is no collective responsibility to keep the code in a buildable state.

Why should I even bother to make sure my code builds before checking in, when the build has been broken for a week and no one, who can/should do anything about it, cares?

Is it the responsibility of the ones who do care to be a PITA, or should we take it upon our selfs to fix all error just because we care?

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  1. » Check your automatic builds frequently on June 18th, 2007 7:21 pm

    [...] Broken builds sucks and it should be a cooperative effort to keep the system in a buildable state, but there has to someone responsible for the automation. Someone who verifies the build frequently. Posted by Johan Idstam on Monday, June 18th, 2007 [...]

  2. Johan; thinking out loud. » Check your automatic builds frequently on April 15th, 2008 8:56 am

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