[yocto] RFC Autobuilder Naming

[Paul Eggleton]

Hi Michael,

On Friday 22 November 2013 15:43:58 Michael Halstead wrote:
> Currently all builders are simply named ab00-ab13 based on when we
> acquired them. The name doesn't change except for ab01 which has been
> reused on new hardware. As we increase the number of builders and make
> the build process more flexible this becomes inconvenient. I'd like to
> switch to embedding useful information in the name.
> 
> Going forward as I refresh builders I'd like to name them with their
> distro and location.
> 
> For example at OSL:
> 
> fedora19.osl.yoctoproject.org
> fedora20.osl.yoctoproject.org
> opensuse131.osl.yoctoproject.org
> ubuntu1310.osl.yoctoproject.org
> etc.
> 
> And if we added a build clusters in the EasyStreet datacenter in Portland:
> 
> centos64.pdx.yoctoproject.org
> debian7.pdx.yoctoproject.org
> etc.
> 
> This allows for additional build clusters to be added and makes the
> distro clear to anyone viewing the logs. The current available build
> slaves can be found on the relevant cluster's buildbot interface
> (http://autobuilder.yoctoproject.org/main/buildslaves) so as names
> change there is an easy place to look them up.
> 
> Comments?

I guess this works fine until you want to have two builders with the same 
distro. Maybe we plan not to do that anymore...?

Cheers,
Paul

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Paul Eggleton
Intel Open Source Technology Centre