Comments on: Continuous Integration: Not Just for Large Teams http://www.alittlemadness.com/2006/05/11/continuous-integration-not-just-for-large-teams/ A man needs a little madness, or else he never dares cut the rope and be free. -Nikos Kazantzakis Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:15:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Jef Patat http://www.alittlemadness.com/2006/05/11/continuous-integration-not-just-for-large-teams/#comment-28029 Jef Patat Fri, 25 May 2007 08:54:46 +0000 http://www.alittlemadness.com/2006/05/11/continuous-integration-not-just-for-large-teams/#comment-28029 I fully agree, take a look at my related article: http://jefspalace.be/cms/Reason+for+continuous+integration I fully agree, take a look at my related article:
http://jefspalace.be/cms/Reason+for+continuous+integration

]]> By: Stephan Schmidt http://www.alittlemadness.com/2006/05/11/continuous-integration-not-just-for-large-teams/#comment-84 Stephan Schmidt Thu, 11 May 2006 11:58:25 +0000 http://www.alittlemadness.com/2006/05/11/continuous-integration-not-just-for-large-teams/#comment-84 The biggest problem with tests by developers is that when they test, they usually don't check out first. So their local tests may work, but the whole project won't. And there can be situations where every test on every developer machine succeeds but without constant checkouts the developers don't realize their project tests as a whole don't work (or worse their project won't build). This is even more important for open source projects. Your local project builds and tests run fine, but checkouts from the public repo don't build. Lots of people will move on before someone notifies you of the problem. The biggest problem with tests by developers is that when they test, they usually don’t check out first. So their local tests may work, but the whole project won’t. And there can be situations where every test on every developer machine succeeds but without constant checkouts the developers don’t realize their project tests as a whole don’t work (or worse their project won’t build).

This is even more important for open source projects. Your local project builds and tests run fine, but checkouts from the public repo don’t build. Lots of people will move on before someone notifies you of the problem.

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