general info
piuparts runs on piuparts.cs.helsinki.fi aka piatti.debian.org and just like lintian and linda should be run on every developer machine before uploading
piuparts logs (currently outdated) are available at [http://piatti.debian.org http://piatti.debian.org]
#debian-qa is the irc-channel to coordinate work on irc, piuparts-devel is the project name on alioth.
how to run piuparts on piatti
the piuparts stuff is partly in the piupartsm account (master end, including debmirroring), and partly in the piuartss account (the slave, which actually runs piuparts)
run piuparts-slave.py as piupartss and watch it run via screen. the slave starts the master when it needs it, you don't need to start it manually
also read http://liw.iki.fi/liw/debian/piuparts-logfile-processing-howto
If you want to help, please don't bother liw, h01ger has access too and you should bother him.
... to be continued! ...
troubleshouting/maintainance
Sometimes the chroot tarballs in /home/piupartss/ need to be removed, currently there are sid.tar.gz and sarge.tar.gz
see /etc/piuparts/piuparts-slave.conf
developing piuparts
- alioth project
http://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2007/PiupartsImprovements
random todo-stuff
- split /fails/ into more directories
<liw> (at some point) you may want to run as piupartsm the bin/mirror-debian script
- look at the irssi_away script to see how to monitor screen sessions, to notify when piuparts is hanging
- backup /etc (and?)
- also use the machine to run vlosuts
piuparts and pts integration suggestion
In order for the PTS to be able to display piuparts testing status for a package, and link to its log file, Piuparts could generate a set of static files that will be visible via http:
%s = source package name %v = source package version %p = piuparts version /source/%s -> index page /source/%s/status -> status from last run /source/%s/%v -> a particular log /source/%s/latest -> log for latest version /source/%s/piuparts-%p/%v -> a particular log from a version of piuparts /binary-i386/%s/%v /binary-.../%s/%v /status/%s -> "OK" -> "FAIL" /%s -> /source/%s