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Goodbye runbot, welcome runboat

Dear contributors,

As you may have noticed, a new tool arrived in the OCA landscape: runboat.

It is a runbot replacement that is specially tailored to OCA needs. Its key feature is that it prepares Odoo environments from GitHub commits, and once they are initialized they are kept in a dormant state, ready to start in seconds when needed for testing. This way we can have a very large number of environments ready to use (up to 10 000 on our current machine), so there is a great chance that the branch you want to test is readily available and there is no wait for functional people wanting to contribute.


It is currently enabled for branches 10 to 15. And the test environment corresponding to each PR or commit is linked as part of the GitHub checks (look at the red cross or green check mark).

image.png

Soon, links to runboat will be added to the README.md files of all repos for branches 13, 14 and 15.

You can also open it for a repo and Odoo version with a link like this: https://runboat.odoo-community.org/builds?repo=oca/mis-builder&target_branch=14.0

It is currently not enabled for branches older than 10, although in principle it should work for 8 and 9 too. If you need it and want to help make it happen, do not hesitate to get in touch on discord.

Since runboat is proving to work very well and is much more resource efficient than runbot, while at the same time providing a better user experience, we can now shutdown runbot, in order to save on OCA server costs.

With the help of Alexandre Fayolle, we are going to do that in the coming weeks, so prepare to say goodbye to runbot!

Most existing links to runbot.odoo-community.org will then redirect to runboat.

In the meantime, if you notice issues do not hesitate to get in touch by @ mentioning me on the PRs for which the runboat build would fail and you don't readily understand why or how to fix it. This will also help prepare for the move from Travis to GitHub actions which we are also planning in the first part of 2022.

I also monitor the OCA Infrastructure discord channel from time to time.

Best regards, and happy testing!

-sbi

--
Stéphane Bidoul
Operations Director
M: +32 498 72 46 54
http://acsone.eu/

by Stéphane Bidoul - 06:06 - 27 Jan 2022

Follow-Ups

  • Re: Goodbye runbot, welcome runboat
    Hooray! Welcome, runboat!
    Thanks a lot for the outstanding work!

    On Thu, Jan 27, 2022 at 6:07 PM Stéphane Bidoul <stephane.bidoul@acsone.eu> wrote:
    Dear contributors,

    As you may have noticed, a new tool arrived in the OCA landscape: runboat.

    It is a runbot replacement that is specially tailored to OCA needs. Its key feature is that it prepares Odoo environments from GitHub commits, and once they are initialized they are kept in a dormant state, ready to start in seconds when needed for testing. This way we can have a very large number of environments ready to use (up to 10 000 on our current machine), so there is a great chance that the branch you want to test is readily available and there is no wait for functional people wanting to contribute.


    It is currently enabled for branches 10 to 15. And the test environment corresponding to each PR or commit is linked as part of the GitHub checks (look at the red cross or green check mark).

    image.png

    Soon, links to runboat will be added to the README.md files of all repos for branches 13, 14 and 15.

    You can also open it for a repo and Odoo version with a link like this: https://runboat.odoo-community.org/builds?repo=oca/mis-builder&target_branch=14.0

    It is currently not enabled for branches older than 10, although in principle it should work for 8 and 9 too. If you need it and want to help make it happen, do not hesitate to get in touch on discord.

    Since runboat is proving to work very well and is much more resource efficient than runbot, while at the same time providing a better user experience, we can now shutdown runbot, in order to save on OCA server costs.

    With the help of Alexandre Fayolle, we are going to do that in the coming weeks, so prepare to say goodbye to runbot!

    Most existing links to runbot.odoo-community.org will then redirect to runboat.

    In the meantime, if you notice issues do not hesitate to get in touch by @ mentioning me on the PRs for which the runboat build would fail and you don't readily understand why or how to fix it. This will also help prepare for the move from Travis to GitHub actions which we are also planning in the first part of 2022.

    I also monitor the OCA Infrastructure discord channel from time to time.

    Best regards, and happy testing!

    -sbi

    --
    Stéphane Bidoul
    Operations Director
    M: +32 498 72 46 54
    http://acsone.eu/

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    by Alex Comba. - 02:21 - 28 Jan 2022
  • Re: Goodbye runbot, welcome runboat
    Nice very good job of Stéphane and Alexandre

    Bonne journée

    David BEAL
    Consultant ERP Odoo


    Le ven. 28 janv. 2022 à 11:57, Raphaël Reverdy <raphael.reverdy@akretion.com> a écrit :
    Thanks ! It's a huge improvement.

    Le ven. 28 janv. 2022 à 09:26, Aarón Henríquez Quintana <ahenriquez@forgeflow.com> a écrit :
    It works like a charm! I can start an environment instantly, it is a huge improvement.

    Thanks a lot Stéphane!

    On Fri, 28 Jan 2022 at 09:16, Radovan Skolnik <radovan@skolnik.info> wrote:
    Thaks a million, Stephane! Magnificient work indeed!
    
    Best regards,
    
    	Radovan Skolnik
    
    On štvrtok 27. januára 2022 18:07:31 CET Stéphane Bidoul wrote:
    
    
    
    
    > Dear contributors,
    
    
    
    
    > As you may have noticed, a new tool arrived in the OCA landscape: runboat.
    
    
    
    
    > It is a runbot replacement that is specially tailored to OCA needs. Its key
    
    
    
    
    > feature is that it prepares Odoo environments from GitHub commits, and once
    
    
    
    
    > they are initialized they are kept in a dormant state, ready to start in
    
    
    
    
    > seconds when needed for testing. This way we can have a very large number
    
    
    
    
    > of environments ready to use (up to 10 000 on our current machine), so
    
    
    
    
    > there is a great chance that the branch you want to test is readily
    
    
    
    
    > available and there is no wait for functional people wanting to contribute.
    
    
    
    
    > If you are curious about the technology behind it, the runboat source code
    
    
    
    
    > is available on GitHub [1] , and this twitter thread highlights some tools
    
    
    
    
    > used to create it [2] . It is currently enabled for branches 10 to 15. And
    
    
    
    
    > the test environment corresponding to each PR or commit is linked as part
    
    
    
    
    > of the GitHub checks (look at the red cross or green check mark).
    
    
    
    
    > 
    
    
    
    
    > Soon, links to runboat will be added to the README.md files of all repos for
    
    
    
    
    > branches 13, 14 and 15. You can also open it for a repo and Odoo version
    
    
    
    
    > with a link like this:
    
    
    
    
    > https://runboat.odoo-community.org/builds?repo=oca/mis-builder&target_branc
    
    
    
    
    > h=14.0 [3] It is currently not enabled for branches older than 10, although
    
    
    
    
    > in principle it should work for 8 and 9 too. If you need it and want to
    
    
    
    
    > help make it happen, do not hesitate to get in touch on discord. Since
    
    
    
    
    > runboat is proving to work very well and is much more resource efficient
    
    
    
    
    > than runbot, while at the same time providing a better user experience, we
    
    
    
    
    > can now shutdown runbot, in order to save on OCA server costs. With the
    
    
    
    
    > help of Alexandre Fayolle, we are going to do that in the coming weeks, so
    
    
    
    
    > prepare to say goodbye to runbot! Most existing links to
    
    
    
    
    > runbot.odoo-community.org [4] will then redirect to runboat. In the
    
    
    
    
    > meantime, if you notice issues do not hesitate to get in touch by @
    
    
    
    
    > mentioning me on the PRs for which the runboat build would fail and you
    
    
    
    
    > don't readily understand why or how to fix it. This will also help prepare
    
    
    
    
    > for the move from Travis to GitHub actions which we are also planning in
    
    
    
    
    > the first part of 2022. I also monitor the OCA Infrastructure discord
    
    
    
    
    > channel from time to time. Best regards, and happy testing!
    
    
    
    
    > -sbi
    
    
    
    
    > --   Stéphane Bidoul  Operations Director
    
    
    
    
    > M: +32 498 72 46 54     None [5]
    
    
    
    
    > 
    
    
    
    
    > _______________________________________________
    
    
    
    
    > Mailing-List: https://odoo-community.org/groups/contributors-15 [6]
    
    
    
    
    > Post to: mailto:contributors@odoo-community.org
    
    
    
    
    > Unsubscribe: https://odoo-community.org/groups?unsubscribe [7]
    
    
    
    
    > 
    
    
    
    
    > 
    
    
    
    
    > 
    
    
    
    
    > [1] https://github.com/sbidoul/runboat
    
    
    
    
    > [2] https://twitter.com/SBidoul/status/1467143341083086864
    
    
    
    
    > [3]
    
    
    
    
    > https://runboat.odoo-community.org/builds?repo=oca/mis-builder&target_branc
    
    
    
    
    > h=14.0 [4] http://runbot.odoo-community.org
    
    
    
    
    > [5] http://acsone.eu/
    
    
    
    
    > [6] https://odoo-community.org/groups/contributors-15
    
    
    
    
    > [7] https://odoo-community.org/groups?unsubscribe
    
    
    
    
    

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    by David BEAL - 01:21 - 28 Jan 2022
  • Re: Goodbye runbot, welcome runboat
    Thanks ! It's a huge improvement.

    Le ven. 28 janv. 2022 à 09:26, Aarón Henríquez Quintana <ahenriquez@forgeflow.com> a écrit :
    It works like a charm! I can start an environment instantly, it is a huge improvement.

    Thanks a lot Stéphane!

    On Fri, 28 Jan 2022 at 09:16, Radovan Skolnik <radovan@skolnik.info> wrote:
    Thaks a million, Stephane! Magnificient work indeed!
    
    Best regards,
    
    	Radovan Skolnik
    
    On štvrtok 27. januára 2022 18:07:31 CET Stéphane Bidoul wrote:
    
    
    
    > Dear contributors,
    
    
    
    > As you may have noticed, a new tool arrived in the OCA landscape: runboat.
    
    
    
    > It is a runbot replacement that is specially tailored to OCA needs. Its key
    
    
    
    > feature is that it prepares Odoo environments from GitHub commits, and once
    
    
    
    > they are initialized they are kept in a dormant state, ready to start in
    
    
    
    > seconds when needed for testing. This way we can have a very large number
    
    
    
    > of environments ready to use (up to 10 000 on our current machine), so
    
    
    
    > there is a great chance that the branch you want to test is readily
    
    
    
    > available and there is no wait for functional people wanting to contribute.
    
    
    
    > If you are curious about the technology behind it, the runboat source code
    
    
    
    > is available on GitHub [1] , and this twitter thread highlights some tools
    
    
    
    > used to create it [2] . It is currently enabled for branches 10 to 15. And
    
    
    
    > the test environment corresponding to each PR or commit is linked as part
    
    
    
    > of the GitHub checks (look at the red cross or green check mark).
    
    
    
    > 
    
    
    
    > Soon, links to runboat will be added to the README.md files of all repos for
    
    
    
    > branches 13, 14 and 15. You can also open it for a repo and Odoo version
    
    
    
    > with a link like this:
    
    
    
    > https://runboat.odoo-community.org/builds?repo=oca/mis-builder&target_branc
    
    
    
    > h=14.0 [3] It is currently not enabled for branches older than 10, although
    
    
    
    > in principle it should work for 8 and 9 too. If you need it and want to
    
    
    
    > help make it happen, do not hesitate to get in touch on discord. Since
    
    
    
    > runboat is proving to work very well and is much more resource efficient
    
    
    
    > than runbot, while at the same time providing a better user experience, we
    
    
    
    > can now shutdown runbot, in order to save on OCA server costs. With the
    
    
    
    > help of Alexandre Fayolle, we are going to do that in the coming weeks, so
    
    
    
    > prepare to say goodbye to runbot! Most existing links to
    
    
    
    > runbot.odoo-community.org [4] will then redirect to runboat. In the
    
    
    
    > meantime, if you notice issues do not hesitate to get in touch by @
    
    
    
    > mentioning me on the PRs for which the runboat build would fail and you
    
    
    
    > don't readily understand why or how to fix it. This will also help prepare
    
    
    
    > for the move from Travis to GitHub actions which we are also planning in
    
    
    
    > the first part of 2022. I also monitor the OCA Infrastructure discord
    
    
    
    > channel from time to time. Best regards, and happy testing!
    
    
    
    > -sbi
    
    
    
    > --   Stéphane Bidoul  Operations Director
    
    
    
    > M: +32 498 72 46 54     None [5]
    
    
    
    > 
    
    
    
    > _______________________________________________
    
    
    
    > Mailing-List: https://odoo-community.org/groups/contributors-15 [6]
    
    
    
    > Post to: mailto:contributors@odoo-community.org
    
    
    
    > Unsubscribe: https://odoo-community.org/groups?unsubscribe [7]
    
    
    
    > 
    
    
    
    > 
    
    
    
    > 
    
    
    
    > [1] https://github.com/sbidoul/runboat
    
    
    
    > [2] https://twitter.com/SBidoul/status/1467143341083086864
    
    
    
    > [3]
    
    
    
    > https://runboat.odoo-community.org/builds?repo=oca/mis-builder&target_branc
    
    
    
    > h=14.0 [4] http://runbot.odoo-community.org
    
    
    
    > [5] http://acsone.eu/
    
    
    
    > [6] https://odoo-community.org/groups/contributors-15
    
    
    
    > [7] https://odoo-community.org/groups?unsubscribe
    
    
    
    
    

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    by Raphaël Reverdy - 11:56 - 28 Jan 2022
  • Re: Goodbye runbot, welcome runboat
    It works like a charm! I can start an environment instantly, it is a huge improvement.

    Thanks a lot Stéphane!

    On Fri, 28 Jan 2022 at 09:16, Radovan Skolnik <radovan@skolnik.info> wrote:
    Thaks a million, Stephane! Magnificient work indeed!
    
    Best regards,
    
    	Radovan Skolnik
    
    On štvrtok 27. januára 2022 18:07:31 CET Stéphane Bidoul wrote:
    
    
    > Dear contributors,
    
    
    > As you may have noticed, a new tool arrived in the OCA landscape: runboat.
    
    
    > It is a runbot replacement that is specially tailored to OCA needs. Its key
    
    
    > feature is that it prepares Odoo environments from GitHub commits, and once
    
    
    > they are initialized they are kept in a dormant state, ready to start in
    
    
    > seconds when needed for testing. This way we can have a very large number
    
    
    > of environments ready to use (up to 10 000 on our current machine), so
    
    
    > there is a great chance that the branch you want to test is readily
    
    
    > available and there is no wait for functional people wanting to contribute.
    
    
    > If you are curious about the technology behind it, the runboat source code
    
    
    > is available on GitHub [1] , and this twitter thread highlights some tools
    
    
    > used to create it [2] . It is currently enabled for branches 10 to 15. And
    
    
    > the test environment corresponding to each PR or commit is linked as part
    
    
    > of the GitHub checks (look at the red cross or green check mark).
    
    
    > 
    
    
    > Soon, links to runboat will be added to the README.md files of all repos for
    
    
    > branches 13, 14 and 15. You can also open it for a repo and Odoo version
    
    
    > with a link like this:
    
    
    > https://runboat.odoo-community.org/builds?repo=oca/mis-builder&target_branc
    
    
    > h=14.0 [3] It is currently not enabled for branches older than 10, although
    
    
    > in principle it should work for 8 and 9 too. If you need it and want to
    
    
    > help make it happen, do not hesitate to get in touch on discord. Since
    
    
    > runboat is proving to work very well and is much more resource efficient
    
    
    > than runbot, while at the same time providing a better user experience, we
    
    
    > can now shutdown runbot, in order to save on OCA server costs. With the
    
    
    > help of Alexandre Fayolle, we are going to do that in the coming weeks, so
    
    
    > prepare to say goodbye to runbot! Most existing links to
    
    
    > runbot.odoo-community.org [4] will then redirect to runboat. In the
    
    
    > meantime, if you notice issues do not hesitate to get in touch by @
    
    
    > mentioning me on the PRs for which the runboat build would fail and you
    
    
    > don't readily understand why or how to fix it. This will also help prepare
    
    
    > for the move from Travis to GitHub actions which we are also planning in
    
    
    > the first part of 2022. I also monitor the OCA Infrastructure discord
    
    
    > channel from time to time. Best regards, and happy testing!
    
    
    > -sbi
    
    
    > --   Stéphane Bidoul  Operations Director
    
    
    > M: +32 498 72 46 54     None [5]
    
    
    > 
    
    
    > _______________________________________________
    
    
    > Mailing-List: https://odoo-community.org/groups/contributors-15 [6]
    
    
    > Post to: mailto:contributors@odoo-community.org
    
    
    > Unsubscribe: https://odoo-community.org/groups?unsubscribe [7]
    
    
    > 
    
    
    > 
    
    
    > 
    
    
    > [1] https://github.com/sbidoul/runboat
    
    
    > [2] https://twitter.com/SBidoul/status/1467143341083086864
    
    
    > [3]
    
    
    > https://runboat.odoo-community.org/builds?repo=oca/mis-builder&target_branc
    
    
    > h=14.0 [4] http://runbot.odoo-community.org
    
    
    > [5] http://acsone.eu/
    
    
    > [6] https://odoo-community.org/groups/contributors-15
    
    
    > [7] https://odoo-community.org/groups?unsubscribe
    
    
    
    
    

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    by Aarón Henríquez - 09:25 - 28 Jan 2022
  • Re: Goodbye runbot, welcome runboat
    Thaks a million, Stephane! Magnificient work indeed!
    
    Best regards,
    
    	Radovan Skolnik
    
    On štvrtok 27. januára 2022 18:07:31 CET Stéphane Bidoul wrote:
    
    > Dear contributors,
    
    > As you may have noticed, a new tool arrived in the OCA landscape: runboat.
    
    > It is a runbot replacement that is specially tailored to OCA needs. Its key
    
    > feature is that it prepares Odoo environments from GitHub commits, and once
    
    > they are initialized they are kept in a dormant state, ready to start in
    
    > seconds when needed for testing. This way we can have a very large number
    
    > of environments ready to use (up to 10 000 on our current machine), so
    
    > there is a great chance that the branch you want to test is readily
    
    > available and there is no wait for functional people wanting to contribute.
    
    > If you are curious about the technology behind it, the runboat source code
    
    > is available on GitHub [1] , and this twitter thread highlights some tools
    
    > used to create it [2] . It is currently enabled for branches 10 to 15. And
    
    > the test environment corresponding to each PR or commit is linked as part
    
    > of the GitHub checks (look at the red cross or green check mark).
    
    > 
    
    > Soon, links to runboat will be added to the README.md files of all repos for
    
    > branches 13, 14 and 15. You can also open it for a repo and Odoo version
    
    > with a link like this:
    
    > https://runboat.odoo-community.org/builds?repo=oca/mis-builder&target_branc
    
    > h=14.0 [3] It is currently not enabled for branches older than 10, although
    
    > in principle it should work for 8 and 9 too. If you need it and want to
    
    > help make it happen, do not hesitate to get in touch on discord. Since
    
    > runboat is proving to work very well and is much more resource efficient
    
    > than runbot, while at the same time providing a better user experience, we
    
    > can now shutdown runbot, in order to save on OCA server costs. With the
    
    > help of Alexandre Fayolle, we are going to do that in the coming weeks, so
    
    > prepare to say goodbye to runbot! Most existing links to
    
    > runbot.odoo-community.org [4] will then redirect to runboat. In the
    
    > meantime, if you notice issues do not hesitate to get in touch by @
    
    > mentioning me on the PRs for which the runboat build would fail and you
    
    > don't readily understand why or how to fix it. This will also help prepare
    
    > for the move from Travis to GitHub actions which we are also planning in
    
    > the first part of 2022. I also monitor the OCA Infrastructure discord
    
    > channel from time to time. Best regards, and happy testing!
    
    > -sbi
    
    > --   Stéphane Bidoul  Operations Director
    
    > M: +32 498 72 46 54     None [5]
    
    > 
    
    > _______________________________________________
    
    > Mailing-List: https://odoo-community.org/groups/contributors-15 [6]
    
    > Post to: mailto:contributors@odoo-community.org
    
    > Unsubscribe: https://odoo-community.org/groups?unsubscribe [7]
    
    > 
    
    > 
    
    > 
    
    > [1] https://github.com/sbidoul/runboat
    
    > [2] https://twitter.com/SBidoul/status/1467143341083086864
    
    > [3]
    
    > https://runboat.odoo-community.org/builds?repo=oca/mis-builder&target_branc
    
    > h=14.0 [4] http://runbot.odoo-community.org
    
    > [5] http://acsone.eu/
    
    > [6] https://odoo-community.org/groups/contributors-15
    
    > [7] https://odoo-community.org/groups?unsubscribe
    
    
    
    
    

    by Radovan Skolnik - 09:16 - 28 Jan 2022