That only works if code gets uplifted to nightly regularly, which it isn't any 
more.

What's the bug tracking the fixes to automation -- can we prioritize these 
fixes?


On Feb 1, 2013, at 1:11 PM, [email protected] wrote:

> Regarding TBPL tests, the removal of nightly will be problematic for 
> sheriffing.  
> 
> Currently, we run Gaia UI tests per gecko commit, not per gaia commit.  (We 
> have plans to do the latter, but it's a little complicated getting it hooked 
> up.)
> 
> On each gecko commit, we run the tests twice, once against gaia's master 
> branch and once against gaia's nightly branch.  If a test breaks against 
> both, the sheriffs can assume it is a gecko problem.  If a test breaks only 
> against gaia's master branch, but not against gaia's nightly branch, then 
> sheriffs can assume it's a gaia problem.
> 
> Without gaia's nightly branch, we won't be able to make that distinction; 
> sheriffs will have no way to know if a bustage is caused by a gecko or gaia 
> commit, which will effectively make them unsheriffable, at least until we get 
> tests running per-commit to gaia.
> 
> Can we postpone this change until buildbot is capable of running Gaia tests 
> per-Gaia-commit?
> 
> Jonathan
> 
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