Re: Sending an email as the build starts

Steve,

Not sure you can easily get the modification set into a boostrapper.  You
might be able to get properties passed down to work something out from your
version control system, but it seems like a lot of extra work.

Julian.

On 8 March 2011 09:35, Steve Murphy <[email protected]> wrote:

>   Sorry it just occurred to me I should mention I’m using the java version
> of CruiseControl.
>
>  *From:* Steve Murphy <[email protected]>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, March 08, 2011 9:29 AM
> *To:* [email protected]
> *Subject:* Re: [Cruisecontrol-user] Sending an email as the build starts
>
>   Thanks guys.  I’ve got the mail task setup and sending mails, I just
> need figure out how to style it now (I’m a novice with ANT & XSL so I may
> well be asking for some tips later)
>
> <target name="STARTMAIL" description="Send mail saying the build has
> started" >
>     <mail mailhost="myserver.mydomain.com" mailport="25"
> subject="CC-${label} HAS STARTED" messagefile="${emailMessageFile}"
> charset="utf-8">
>       <from [email protected]/>
>       <to address="[email protected]"/>
>     </mail>
> </target>
>
> I use a composite schedule section to execute various ant targets, so I’ll
> be calling that as one of the first tasks.  It hasn’t been requested, but
> I’m anticipating it will be, how would I get a list of the modifications
> included in the email?  From what I can tell the result email gets them from
> the log20110307162148.xml file, which seems to only be created once the
> build has finished.
>
> Is there a way to get the modifications list earlier in the build process
> and pipe it to a file? (I’m using the SVN modification set, not sure if that
> is relevant.)
>
> Regards,
> Steve
>
>   *From:* Julian Simpson <[email protected]>
> *Sent:* Monday, March 07, 2011 9:29 PM
> *To:* [email protected]
> *Subject:* Re: [Cruisecontrol-user] Sending an email as the build starts
>
>  On 7 March 2011 15:54, Adam Bruss <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>  Hi Steve,
>>
>> No I don’t think CC can send email anytime but at the end of the build
>> process. What I’m talking about is using the ant mail task to send email. We
>> made the emails look like the
>>
>
> That was my point, too.  And I'd reuse the stylesheets, if you're sending
> mail from the server,
>
> J.
>
>
>>  ones cruisecontrol sends by using the modifications.xsl as a base and
>> making some mods. For example in our modded modifications.xsl there is a
>> style section that presumably takes things directly from cruisecontrol.css.
>>
>>
>> <style type="text/css">
>>
>>         body, table, form, input, td, th, p, textarea, select
>>
>>          {
>>
>>                        font-family: verdana, helvetica, arial;
>>
>>                        font-size: 9pt;
>>
>>          }
>>
>>
>>
>>         a:hover { color:#FC0; }
>>
>>
>>
>>         .main-panel { color:#FC0; }
>>
>>
>>
>>         .section-table { margin-top:10pt; }
>>
>>         .sectionheader { background-color:#006; color:#FFF; }
>>
>>         .section-data { font-size:8pt; color:#000; }
>>
>>         .section-oddrow { background-color:#F0F7FF; }
>>
>>         .section-evenrow { background-color:#FFF; }
>>
>>         .section-changenumber { background-color:#CFFFCC; }
>>
>> </style>
>>
>>
>>
>> We use the Nant <style> task to transform xml changes to html.
>>
>> Adam Bruss
>>
>> Development Engineer
>>
>> AWR Corporation/Simulation Technology & Applied Research
>>
>> 11520 N. Port Washington Rd., Suite 201
>>
>> Mequon, WI  53092  USA
>>
>> P: 1.262.240.0291 x104
>>
>> F: 1.262.240.0294
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>> E: [email protected]
>>
>> W: http://www.awrcorp.com
>>
>> *From:* Steve Murphy [mailto:[email protected]]
>> *Sent:* Monday, March 07, 2011 9:30 AM
>> *To:* [email protected]
>>  *Subject:* Re: [Cruisecontrol-user] Sending an email as the build starts
>>
>>     Thanks for the responses, I’ll respond to them all here instead of
>> individually.
>>
>> Adam, I already have a htmlemail publisher configured to run at the end of
>> the project to send out the test results.  Can I have this executed multiple
>> times at different points during the project?
>>
>> Julian, with the Ant Bootstrapper, Is your thinking to have this use the
>> ant Mail task to send the email?  Could I get this to use the same style
>> sheets the htmlemail publisher uses?
>> We have all the tests run over night and the triggered builds only run the
>> tests for the current development effort.  So I have stayed away from having
>> timeouts for the ant targets as the number of tests change frequently.
>>
>> Antoine, your suggestion is similar to Adam’s correct?  Or do I
>> misunderstand what your saying?
>>
>> The dashboard and/or CC Config is a good idea, I will remind the
>> developers they exist and see if that meets their requirements.
>> The in house application we use to run the tests is suppose to monitor the
>> tests and move things on when individual test actions timeout, however once
>> in a while things go horribly wrong and everything comes to a stand still .
>> This happened to other day (build stalled for the entire weekend) which
>> prompted the request for the start email.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Steve Murphy
>>
>> P.S Resending a cut down email as my other one was too large (included my
>> config.xml)
>>
>> *From:* Adam Bruss <[email protected]>
>>
>> *Sent:* Wednesday, March 02, 2011 8:35 PM
>>
>> *To:* [email protected]
>>
>> *Subject:* Re: [Cruisecontrol-user] Sending an email as the build starts
>>
>> I think your best bet is sending the mail at the start of your build
>> process. The task would gather the changes, format them into an email body
>> and send it using your builder’s mail task. That’s how we do it at least  in
>> Nant.
>>
>> Adam Bruss
>>
>> Development Engineer
>>
>> AWR Corporation/Simulation Technology & Applied Research
>>
>> 11520 N. Port Washington Rd., Suite 201
>>
>> Mequon, WI  53092  USA
>>
>> P: 1.262.240.0291 x104
>>
>> F: 1.262.240.0294
>>
>> E: [email protected]
>>
>> W: http://www.awrcorp.com
>>
>> *From:* Steve Murphy [mailto:[email protected]]
>> *Sent:* Wednesday, March 02, 2011 7:00 AM
>> *To:* [email protected]
>> *Subject:* [Cruisecontrol-user] Sending an email as the build starts
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> At the request of one of the developers that use the CruiseControl system
>> I maintain, I’m looking for a way to send out an email when a build starts.
>> He reasoning being that after receiving the start email if he does not
>> receive the pass/fail email within x minutes he knows something has gone
>> wrong and the system needs looking at.
>>
>> I have though about having another project use the file system
>> modification set to detect a file that is created by the main project, this
>> project would probably only contain an email publisher.  However before I do
>> this I thought I’d check if there was anything in the configuration that
>> might already do this.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Steve Murphy
>> --
>>
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