737044 - mozconfig-extra-android doesn't seem to work

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(Release Engineering :: General, defect)

Description

[Randell Jesup [:jesup] (needinfo me)]

I set mozconfig-extra-android as follows, but tbpl still tried to build android:

https://hg.mozilla.org/projects/alder/rev/a8ee924ba6d4

# Turn off android builds until supported by webrtc.org
exit 1

example (from the push of this change):
https://tbpl.mozilla.org/php/getParsedLog.php?id=10179262&tree=Alder&full=1

I'll note that android isn't mentioned on https://wiki.mozilla.org/ReleaseEngineering/DisposableProjectBranches

Comment 1

[Nick Thomas [:nthomas] (UTC+12)]

Sorry, the documentation was out of date but has been updated now. Let me know if it needs any further work.

Comment 2

[Randell Jesup [:jesup] (needinfo me)]

Does this mean that mozconfig-extras isn't used?  That might explain another big problem I'm having!

Comment 3

[Randell Jesup [:jesup] (needinfo me)]

I should suggest that making people edit things that get pushed back to m-c if you're not careful is a recipe for mistakes... but I suppose it doesn't happen too often, so maybe that doesn't matter.

Comment 4

[Nick Thomas [:nthomas] (UTC+12)]

They're not used any more. If you want a custom mozconfig on try or a disposable branch then modify the in-tree mozconfig. To disable jobs on try use trychooser, and on a Disposable branch file a bug in this component.

Comment 5

[Nick Thomas [:nthomas] (UTC+12)]

(In reply to Randell Jesup [:jesup] from comment #3)

One of the motivations of bug 558180 was to make merges from central to aurora (etc etc) simpler, since any changes from the last development come across automatically. There's a similar argument about feature branches landing too, although that's often done in configure or confvar.sh instead.

I certainly agree there's a risk of accidental changes getting merged back, but I'd hope that developers are paying close attention when they merge. If you have any ideas for preventing accidents then sing out.