280130 - Client scripts should save build directory for one round

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

Description

[Chase Phillips]

The Tinderbox client scripts affect the mozilla/ directory on a machine
immediately after a build is started.  This makes it difficult to debug a build
which just concluded or to shutdown the scripts and set up a working environment
to add a new capability or feature to a build system based on the latest pull
and build.  (Currently, I have to wait for a whole new cycle instead of
beginning my work at once.)

rsync the mozilla/ directory to mozilla.last/ as the last step in every build to
open the door for further work to continue once the scripts have been stopped.

Make this feature optional with a default of off since some build machines are
very strapped for disk space.  When the old systems have been updated to the
latest code and we've had a chance to configure them to turn this feature off,
change the default value of this feature to on.

Comment 1

[Chase Phillips]

Mass reassign of open bugs for [e-mail] to [e-mail].

Comment 2

[John O'Duinn [:joduinn] (please use "needinfo?" flag)]

Reassigning to default during triage.

Comment 3

[Sylvestre Ledru [:sylvestre]]

Tinderbox isn't maintained anymore. Closing.