5.8. Release Notes for Buildbot 0.9.0b8¶

The following are the release notes for Buildbot 0.9.0b8 This version was released on April 11, 2016.

See Upgrading to Nine for a guide to upgrading from 0.8.x to 0.9.x

5.8.1. Master¶

5.8.1.1. Features¶

GitPoller now has a buildPushesWithNoCommits option to allow the rebuild of already known commits on new branches.
Add GitLab authentication plugin for web UI. See buildbot.www.oauth2.GitLabAuth.
DockerLatentWorker now has a hostconfig parameter that can be used to setup host configuration when creating a new container.
DockerLatentWorker now has a networking_config parameter that can be used to setup container networks.
The DockerLatentWorker volumes attribute is now renderable.
CMake build step is added. It provides a convenience interface to CMake build system.
MySQL InnoDB tables are now supported.
HttpStatusPush has been ported to reporter API.
StashStatusPush has been ported to reporter API.
GithubStatusPush has been ported to reporter API.
summaryCB of GerritStatusPush now gets not only pre-processed information but the actual build as well.
EC2LatentWorker supports VPCs, instance profiles, and advanced volume mounts.

5.8.1.2. Fixes¶

Fix loading LdapUserInfo plugin and its documentation (bug #3371).
Fix deprecation warnings seen with docker-py >= 1.4 when passing arguments to docker_client.start().
GitHubEventHandler now uses the ['repository']['html_url'] key in the webhook payload to populate repository, as the previously used ['url'] and ['clone_url'] keys had a different format between push and pull requests and GitHub and GitHub Enterprise instances.
Fix race condition where log compression could lead to empty log results in reporter api
Error while applying db upgrade is now properly reported in the buildbot upgrade-master command line.
Made Interpolate safe for deepcopy or serialization/deserialization
Optimized UI REST requests for child builds and change page.
Fix DockerLatentWorker use of volume parameter, they now propely manage src:dest syntax.
Fix DockerLatentWorker to properly create properties so that docker parameters can be renderable.
Lock down autobahn version for python 2.6 (note that autobahn and twisted are no longer supporting 2.6, and thus do not receive security fixes anymore).
Fix docs and example to always use port 8020 for the web ui.

5.8.1.3. Deprecations, Removals, and Non-Compatible Changes¶

Deprecated workdir property has been removed, builddir property should be used instead.
To support MySQL InnoDB, the size of six VARCHAR(256) columns changes.(author, branch, category, name); object_state.name; user.identifier was reduced to VARCHAR(255).
StatusPush has been removed from buildbot.

Please use the much simpler HttpStatusPush instead.

5.8.1.4. Changes for Developers¶

Worker changes described in below worker section will probably impact a buildbot developer who uses undocumented ‘slave’ API. Undocumented APIs have been replaced without failover, so any custom code that uses it shall be updated with new undocumented API.

5.8.2. Worker¶

Package buildbot-slave is being renamed buildbot-worker. As the work is not completely finished, neither buildbot-slave==0.9.0b8 or buildbot-worker==0.9.0b8 have been released.

You can safely use any version of buildbot-slave with buildbot==0.9.0b8, either buildbot-slave==0.8.12 or buildbot-slave==0.9.0b7.

5.8.3. Transition to “worker” terminology¶

Since version 0.9.0 of Buildbot “slave”-based terminology is deprecated in favor of “worker”-based terminology.

For details about public API changes see Transition to “worker” terminology.

API changes done without providing fallback:

Old name	New name
`buildbot.buildslave.manager`	`buildbot.worker.manager`
`buildbot.buildslave.manager.BuildslaveRegistration`	`buildbot.worker.manager.WorkerRegistration`
`buildbot.buildslave.manager.BuildslaveRegistration.buildslave`	`buildbot.worker.manager.WorkerRegistration.worker`
`buildbot.buildslave.manager.BuildslaveManager`	`buildbot.worker.manager.WorkerManager`
`buildbot.buildslave.manager.BuildslaveManager.slaves`	`buildbot.worker.manager.WorkerManager.workers`
`buildbot.buildslave.manager.BuildslaveManager.getBuildslaveByName`	`buildbot.worker.manager.WorkerManager.getWorkerByName`
`buildbot.buildslave.docker.DockerLatentBuildSlave`	`buildbot.worker.docker.DockerLatentWorker`
`buildbot.buildslave.local.LocalBuildSlave`	`buildbot.worker.local.LocalWorker`
`buildbot.buildslave.local.LocalBuildSlave.LocalBuildSlaveFactory`	`buildbot.worker.local.LocalWorker.LocalWorkerFactory`
`buildbot.buildslave.local.LocalBuildSlave.remote_slave`	`buildbot.worker.local.LocalWorker.remote_worker`
`buildbot.buildslave.base` module with all contents	`buildbot.worker.base`
`buildbot.buildslave.AbstractBuildSlave.updateSlave`	`buildbot.worker.AbstractWorker.updateWorker`
`buildbot.buildslave.AbstractBuildSlave.slavebuilders`	`buildbot.worker.AbstractWorker.workerforbuilders`
`buildbot.buildslave.AbstractBuildSlave.updateSlaveStatus`	`buildbot.worker.AbstractWorker.updateWorkerStatus`
`buildbot.buildslave.AbstractLatentBuildSlave.updateSlave`	`buildbot.worker.AbstractLatentWorker.updateWorker`
`buildbot.buildslave.BuildSlave.slave_status`	`buildbot.worker.Worker.worker_status`
`buildbot.config.MasterConfig.load_slaves`	`load_workers`
`buildbot.master.BuildMaster.buildslaves`	`buildbot.master.BuildMaster.workers`
`buildbot.process.build.Build.slavebuilder`	`workerforbuilder`
`buildbot.process.build.Build.setSlaveEnvironment`	`setWorkerEnvironment`
`buildbot.process.build.Build.slaveEnvironment`	`workerEnvironment`
`buildbot.process.build.Build.getSlaveCommandVersion`	`getWorkerCommandVersion`
`buildbot.process.build.Build.setupSlaveBuilder`	`setupWorkerForBuilder`
`buildbot.process.builder.Build.canStartWithSlavebuilder`	`canStartWithWorkerForBuilder`
`buildbot.process.slavebuilder.AbstractSlaveBuilder.getSlaveCommandVersion`	`buildbot.process.workerforbuilder.AbstractWorkerForBuilder.getWorkerCommandVersion`
`buildbot.process.slavebuilder.AbstractSlaveBuilder.attached` method argument `slave` was renamed	`worker`
`buildbot.buildslave.AbstractBuildSlave.slave_commands`	`buildbot.worker.AbstractWorker.worker_commands`
`buildbot.buildslave.AbstractBuildSlave.slave_environ`	`buildbot.worker.AbstractWorker.worker_environ`
`buildbot.buildslave.AbstractBuildSlave.slave_basedir`	`buildbot.worker.AbstractWorker.worker_basedir`
`buildbot.buildslave.AbstractBuildSlave.slave_system`	`buildbot.worker.AbstractWorker.worker_system`
`buildbot.buildslave.AbstractBuildSlave.buildslaveid`	`buildbot.worker.AbstractWorker.workerid`
`buildbot.buildslave.AbstractBuildSlave.addSlaveBuilder`	`buildbot.worker.AbstractWorker.addWorkerForBuilder`
`buildbot.buildslave.AbstractBuildSlave.removeSlaveBuilder`	`buildbot.worker.AbstractWorker.removeWorkerForBuilder`
`buildbot.buildslave.AbstractBuildSlave.messageReceivedFromSlave`	`buildbot.worker.AbstractWorker.messageReceivedFromWorker`
`buildbot.process.slavebuilder.LatentSlaveBuilder` constructor positional argument `slave` was renamed	`worker`
`buildbot.process.buildrequestdistributor.BasicBuildChooser.nextSlave`	`nextWorker`
`buildbot.process.buildrequestdistributor.BasicBuildChooser.slavepool`	`workerpool`
`buildbot.process.buildrequestdistributor.BasicBuildChooser.preferredSlaves`	`preferredWorkers`
`buildbot.process.buildrequestdistributor.BasicBuildChooser.rejectedSlaves`	`rejectedSlaves`
`buildbot.steps.shell.ShellCommand.slaveEnvironment` (Note: this variable is renderable)	`buildbot.steps.shell.ShellCommand.workerEnvironment`
`buildbot.status.slave`	`buildbot.status.worker`
`buildbot.status.slave.SlaveStatus`	`buildbot.status.worker.WorkerStatus`
`buildbot.interfaces.IStatusReceiver.slaveConnected` with all implementations	`buildbot.interfaces.IStatusReceiver.workerConnected`
`buildbot.interfaces.IStatusReceiver.slaveDisconnected` with all implementations	`buildbot.interfaces.IStatusReceiver.workerDisconnected`
`buildbot.status.master.Status.slaveConnected`	`buildbot.status.master.Status.workerConnected`
`buildbot.status.master.Status.slaveDisconnected`	`buildbot.status.master.Status.workerDisconnected`
`buildbot.status.master.Status.slavePaused`	`buildbot.status.master.Status.workerPaused`
`buildbot.status.master.Status.slaveUnpaused`	`buildbot.status.master.Status.workerUnpaused`
`buildbot.status.master.Status.buildslaves`	`buildbot.status.master.Status.workers`
`buildbot.status.base.StatusReceiverBase.slavePaused`	`buildbot.status.base.StatusReceiverBase.workerPaused`
`buildbot.status.base.StatusReceiverBase.slaveUnpaused`	`buildbot.status.base.StatusReceiverBase.workerUnpaused`
`buildbot.interfaces.IStatus.getSlaveNames` with all implementations	`buildbot.interfaces.IStatus.getWorkerNames`
`buildbot.interfaces.IStatus.getSlave` with all implementations	`buildbot.interfaces.IStatus.getWorker`
`buildbot.interfaces.IBuildStatus.getSlavename` with all implementations	`buildbot.interfaces.IBuildStatus.getWorkername`
`buildbot.status.build.BuildStatus.setSlavename`	`buildbot.status.build.BuildStatus.setWorkername`
`buildbot.status.build.BuildStatus.slavename`	`buildbot.status.build.BuildStatus.workername` (also it was moved from class static attribute to instance attribute)
`buildbot.interfaces.IBuilderStatus.getSlaves` with all implementations	`buildbot.interfaces.IBuilderStatus.getWorkers`
`buildbot.status.builder.BuilderStatus.slavenames`	`buildbot.status.builder.BuilderStatus.workernames`
`buildbot.status.builder.BuilderStatus.setSlavenames`	`buildbot.status.builder.BuilderStatus.setWorkernames`
`buildbot.process.botmaster.BotMaster.slaveLost`	`buildbot.process.botmaster.BotMaster.workerLost`
`buildbot.process.botmaster.BotMaster.getBuildersForSlave`	`buildbot.process.botmaster.BotMaster.getBuildersForWorker`
`buildbot.process.botmaster.BotMaster.maybeStartBuildsForSlave`	`buildbot.process.botmaster.BotMaster.maybeStartBuildsForWorker`
`buildbot.locks.RealSlaveLock`	`buildbot.locks.RealWorkerLock`
`buildbot.locks.RealSlaveLock.maxCountForSlave`	`buildbot.locks.RealWorkerLock.maxCountForWorker`
`buildbot.protocols.base.Connection` constructor positional argument `buildslave` was renamed	`worker`
`buildbot.protocols.base.Connection.buidslave`	`buildbot.protocols.base.Connection.worker`
`buildbot.protocols.base.Connection.remoteGetSlaveInfo`	`buildbot.protocols.base.Connection.remoteGetWorkerInfo`
`buildbot.protocols.pb.Connection` constructor positional argument `buildslave` was renamed	`worker`

Other changes done without providing fallback:

Functions argument buildslaveName renamed to workerName.

Loop variables, local variables, helper functions:

Old name	New name
`s`	`w` or `worker`
`sl`	`w` or `worker`
`bs` (“buildslave”)	`w`
`sb`	`wfb` (“worker for builder”)
`bs1()`, `bs2()`	`w1()`, `w2()`
`bslave`	`worker`
`BS1_NAME`, `BS1_ID`, `BS1_INFO`	`W1_NAME`, `W1_ID`, `W1_INFO`

In buildbot.config.BuilderConfig.getConfigDict result 'slavenames' key changed to 'workernames'; 'slavebuilddir' key changed to 'workerbuilddir'; 'nextSlave' key changed to 'nextWorker'.
buildbot.process.builder.BuilderControl.ping now generates ["ping", "no worker"] event, instead of ["ping", "no slave"].
buildbot.plugins.util.WorkerChoiceParameter (previously BuildslaveChoiceParameter) label was changed from Build slave to Worker.
buildbot.plugins.util.WorkerChoiceParameter (previously BuildslaveChoiceParameter) default name was changed from slavename to workername.
buildbot.status.builder.SlaveStatus fallback was removed. SlaveStatus was moved to buildbot.status.builder.slave previously, and now it’s buildbot.status.worker.WorkerStatus.
buildbot.status.status_push.StatusPush events generation changed (this module will be completely removed in 0.9.x):
- instead of slaveConnected with data slave=... now generated workerConnected event with data worker=...;
- instead of slaveDisconnected with data slavename=... now generated workerDisconnected with data workername=...;
- instead of slavePaused with data slavename=... now generated workerPaused event with data workername=...;
- instead of slaveUnpaused with data slavename=... now generated workerUnpaused event with data workername=...;
buildbot.status.build.BuildStatus.asDict returns worker name under 'worker' key, instead of 'slave' key.
buildbot.status.builder.BuilderStatus.asDict returns worker names under 'workers' key, instead of 'slaves' key.
Definitely privately used “slave”-named variables and attributes were renamed, including tests modules, classes and methods.

5.8.3.1. Database¶

Database API changes done without providing fallback.

Old name	New name
`buildbot.db.buildslaves.BuildslavesConnectorComponent.getBuildslaves` (rewritten in nine) and `buildbot.db.buildslaves.BuildslavesConnectorComponent.getBuildslave` (introduced in nine) results uses instead of `'slaveinfo'` key	`'workerinfo'` key
`buildbot.db.model.Model.buildslaves`	`buildbot.db.model.Model.workers`
`buildbot.db.model.Model.configured_buildslaves`	`buildbot.db.model.Model.configured_workers`
`buildbot.db.model.Model.connected_buildslaves`	`buildbot.db.model.Model.connected_workers`
`buildbot.db.buildslaves.BuildslavesConnectorComponent.findBuildslaveId` (introduced in nine)	`buildbot.db.workers.WorkersConnectorComponent.findWorkerId`
`buildbot.db.buildslaves.BuildslavesConnectorComponent.deconfigureAllBuidslavesForMaster` (introduced in nine, note typo `Buidslaves`)	`buildbot.db.workers.WorkersConnectorComponent.deconfigureAllWorkersForMaster`
`buildbot.db.buildslaves.BuildslavesConnectorComponent.buildslaveConfigured` (introduced in nine)	`buildbot.db.workers.WorkersConnectorComponent.workerConfigured`
`buildbot.db.buildslaves.BuildslavesConnectorComponent.buildslaveConfigured` method argument `buildslaveid` was renamed (introduced in nine)	`workerid`
`buildbot.db.buildslaves.BuildslavesConnectorComponent.getBuildslave`	`buildbot.db.workers.WorkersConnectorComponent.getWorker`
`buildbot.db.buildslaves.BuildslavesConnectorComponent.getBuildslaves` method argument `_buildslaveid` was renamed (introduced in nine)	`_workerid`
`buildbot.db.buildslaves.BuildslavesConnectorComponent.buildslaveConnected` (introduced in nine)	`buildbot.db.workers.WorkersConnectorComponent.workerConnected`
`buildbot.db.buildslaves.BuildslavesConnectorComponent.buildslaveConnected` method argument `slaveinfo` was renamed (introduced in nine)	`workerinfo`
`buildbot.db.buildslaves.BuildslavesConnectorComponent.buildslaveConnected` method argument `buildslaveid` was renamed (introduced in nine)	`workerid`
`buildbot.db.buildslaves.BuildslavesConnectorComponent.buildslaveDisconnected` (introduced in nine)	`buildbot.db.workers.WorkersConnectorComponent.workerDisconnected`
`buildbot.db.buildslaves.BuildslavesConnectorComponent.buildslaveDisconnected` method argument `buildslaveid` was renamed (introduced in nine)	`workerid`
`buildbot.db.builds.BuildsConnectorComponent.getBuilds` method argument `buildslaveid` was renamed (introduced in nine)	`workerid`
`buildbot.db.builds.BuildsConnectorComponent.addBuild` method argument `buildslaveid` was renamed (introduced in nine)	`workerid`
`buildbot.reporters.message.MessageFormatter` template variable `slavename`	`workername`

5.8.3.2. Data API¶

Python API changes:

Old name	New name
`buildbot.data.buildslaves`	`workers`
`buildbot.data.buildslaves.BuildslaveEndpoint`	`WorkerEndpoint`
`buildbot.data.buildslaves.BuildslavesEndpoint`	`WorkersEndpoint`
`buildbot.data.buildslaves.Buildslave`	`Worker`
`buildbot.data.buildslaves.Buildslave.buildslaveConfigured`	`workerConfigured`
`buildbot.data.buildslaves.Buildslave.findBuildslaveId`	`findWorkerId`
`buildbot.data.buildslaves.Buildslave.buildslaveConnected`	`workerConnected`
`buildbot.data.buildslaves.Buildslave.buildslaveDisconnected`	`workerDisconnected`
`buildbot.data.buildslaves.Buildslave.deconfigureAllBuidslavesForMaster`	`deconfigureAllWorkersForMaster`
`buildslaveid` in function arguments and API specification	`workerid`
`slaveinfo` in function arguments and API specification	`workerinfo`

Changed REST endpoints:

Old name	New name
`/buildslaves`	`/workers`
`/buildslaves/n:buildslaveid`	`/workers/n:workerid`
`/buildslaves/n:buildslaveid/builds`	`/workers/n:workerid/builds`
`/buildslaves/:buildslaveid/builds/:buildid`	`/workers/:workerid/builds/:buildid`
`/masters/n:masterid/buildslaves`	`/masters/n:masterid/workers`
`/masters/n:masterid/buildslaves/n:buildslaveid`	`/masters/n:masterid/workers/n:workerid`
`/masters/n:masterid/builders/n:builderid/buildslaves`	`/masters/n:masterid/builders/n:builderid/workers`
`/masters/n:masterid/builders/n:builderid/buildslaves/n:buildslaveid`	`/masters/n:masterid/builders/n:builderid/workers/n:workerid`
`/builders/n:builderid/buildslaves`	`/builders/n:builderid/workers`
`/builders/n:builderid/buildslaves/n:buildslaveid`	`/builders/n:builderid/workers/n:workerid`

Changed REST object keys:

Old name	New name
`buildslaveid`	`workerid`
`slaveinfo`	`workerinfo`
`buildslave`	`worker`
`buildslaves`	`workers`

data_module version bumped from 1.2.0 to 2.0.0.

5.8.3.3. Web UI¶

In base web UI (www/base) and Material Design web UI (www/md_base) all “slave”-named messages and identifiers were renamed to use “worker” names and new REST API endpoints.

5.8.3.4. MQ layer¶

buildslaveid key in messages were replaced with workerid.

5.8.4. Details¶

For a more detailed description of the changes made in this version, see the git log itself:

git log v0.9.0b7..v0.9.0b8