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There are (at least) two ways to run your own private patchbot.

In any case, it is better to have disk space available.

== Run on all tickets ==		 {{{
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== Running the patchbot ==
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# Install the patchbot using "sage -i patchbot"  * Install the patchbot using '''sage -i patchbot''' (warning: the current spkg in sage is not up-to-date)
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# Run the patchbot using "sage -patchbot"  * (2015-04) The latest available version can be installed using '''sage -i http://chapoton.perso.math.cnrs.fr/patchbot-2.3.3.spkg'''
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I will run forever, as long as it finds a ticket to work on. Tickets are only considered if their authors are trusted.  * Run the patchbot using '''sage -patchbot'''
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== Run on chosen tickets == It is safer to run the patchbot in an unused sage install.
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Here is a proposal on how to use the patchbot only on tickets you want to work on. It will run forever, as long as it finds a ticket to work on. Tickets are only considered if their authors are trusted.
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Warning: this is for a mercurial setting, not for the new git setting. Please consider registering [[buildbot/owners|here]] if you run a patchbot. It is helpful to know whom to contact.
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# install the latest sage development release (download from http://www.sagemath.org/download-latest.html and make) You can run a specific ticket by using '''sage -patchbot --ticket=N''' where N is a ticket number such as 12345.
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# install the latest patchbot (clone from http://github.com/robertwb/sage-patchbot) Several other options are available, see '''sage -patchbot --help'''
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# in a terminal, inside your_sage_home_dir, "./sage -clone 0" '''--skip-base''' will skip the check that the base sage installation is sane.
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# in a terminal: "cd sage-patchbot/src" then run "ipython" '''--plugin-only''' will only build and run the plugins but not the tests (much quicker but less useful).
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# in ipython, "from patchbot import Patchbot", then "P = Patchbot('your_sage_home_dir',"http://patchbot.sagemath.org/",None,plugin_only=True)" or "P = Patchbot('your_sage_home_dir',"http://patchbot.sagemath.org/",None)" '''--safe-only''' will only test branches that only change files inside the directory "src/sage" (this is the case by default).
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The first one will only run the plugins (much faster), the second one will run all the tests (much slower). == Configuration ==
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# Then choose your favorite ticket number N and "P.test_a_ticket(N)" By default, the patchbot should run without needing to tune its configuration.
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It is important that the sage sources in sage-main are in their initial state when running the patchbot. You can use a specific configuration file using '''sage -patchbot --config=fullpath/config_file.json'''

For the complete list of configurable entities, see the code of the ''get_config'' function in https://github.com/robertwb/sage-patchbot/blob/master/src/patchbot.py.
The base patchbot configuration can be found there. All of these settings can be overridden by passing a config file which is treated as a json overlay on these defaults.

For example, to let the tickets of user "niceguy" be given some priority, use:

    {"bonus": {"niceguy": 200}}

To give preference to a component you care about, use

    {"bonus": {"combinatorics": 200}}

To avoid the use of ccache, use:

    {"use_ccache": false}

To run only at night, use

    {"time_of_day": "22-7"}

A more complex example of config file could be:

    {"bonus": {"niceguy": 200, "needs_work": -20},
    "use_ccache": false,
    "safe_only": true,
    "skip_base": true}

Note that the booleans must be written with no capital first letter.

The config will be read again between every run, hence it allows live configuration of the patchbot.

== Looking at patchbot activities ==

To see the last ticket tested by patchbots, you can have a look here

    http://patchbot.sagemath.org/ticket/0/		 

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│░│ ⊙  ʘ │        SageMath patchbot
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Running the patchbot

You can let the patchbot choose the tickets it will run on.

It is safer to run the patchbot in an unused sage install.

It will run forever, as long as it finds a ticket to work on. Tickets are only considered if their authors are trusted.

Please consider registering here if you run a patchbot. It is helpful to know whom to contact.

You can run a specific ticket by using sage -patchbot --ticket=N where N is a ticket number such as 12345.

Several other options are available, see sage -patchbot --help

--skip-base will skip the check that the base sage installation is sane.

--plugin-only will only build and run the plugins but not the tests (much quicker but less useful).

--safe-only will only test branches that only change files inside the directory "src/sage" (this is the case by default).

Configuration

By default, the patchbot should run without needing to tune its configuration.

You can use a specific configuration file using sage -patchbot --config=fullpath/config_file.json

For the complete list of configurable entities, see the code of the get_config function in https://github.com/robertwb/sage-patchbot/blob/master/src/patchbot.py. The base patchbot configuration can be found there. All of these settings can be overridden by passing a config file which is treated as a json overlay on these defaults.

For example, to let the tickets of user "niceguy" be given some priority, use:

  • {"bonus": {"niceguy": 200}}

To give preference to a component you care about, use

  • {"bonus": {"combinatorics": 200}}

To avoid the use of ccache, use:

  • {"use_ccache": false}

To run only at night, use

  • {"time_of_day": "22-7"}

A more complex example of config file could be:

  • {"bonus": {"niceguy": 200, "needs_work": -20}, "use_ccache": false, "safe_only": true, "skip_base": true}

Note that the booleans must be written with no capital first letter.

The config will be read again between every run, hence it allows live configuration of the patchbot.

Looking at patchbot activities

To see the last ticket tested by patchbots, you can have a look here