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The BuildBot is a system to automate the compile/test cycle required by most
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software projects to validate code changes. By automatically rebuilding and
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testing the tree each time something has changed, build problems are pinpointed
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quickly, before other developers are inconvenienced by the failure. The guilty
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developer can be identified and harassed without human intervention. By running
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the builds on a variety of platforms, developers who do not have the facilities
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to test their changes everywhere before checkin will at least know shortly
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afterwards whether they have broken the build or not. Warning counts, lint
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checks, image size, compile time, and other build parameters can be tracked
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over time, are more visible, and are therefore easier to improve.
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See also buildbot-slave (the slave component of BuildBot).
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