Code changed in jenkins
User: Vincent Latombe
Path:
src/main/java/hudson/plugins/clearcase/ClearCaseSCM.java
http://jenkins-ci.org/commit/clearcase-plugin/7b6d9121570b8eb3860cee17801664b241a74302
Log:
JENKINS-15202 Do not trigger build if automatic time rule is used.

Hello Waldek,

while I understand this can be seen as frustrating, unfortunately the clearcase plugin has a lot (too many ?) of features/options (because people have a lot of different workflows using clearcase base/ucm), so making changes CAN break some previously working stuff. Hopefully as said before, the regressions that you observed hopefully can be fixed quite easily without breaking the new features.

That said, this is open source software, I'm developping this on my (few) free time, so feedback on new releases like you did is always welcome, as long as it is done in a constructive way. I also welcome patches/pull requests, although these seem to be less frequent than complaints (how strange ).

Now it's clear to me: hasNewConfigSpec() is also called for dynamic views. We're using snapshot views only. For snapshot views there is no such feature in this plugin. I readed the ClearCase docs about "time rules" now and understand how it works. Generally time rules option can be used with snapshot views too.

I'm software developer and user of ClearCase. I'm also working on this in my free time and share it with our dev team. I spended a lot of time to understand how this plugin is working. Yes the main reason for my work and pull request are needed features for our wokflow:

• JENKINS-8305: using ClearCase plugin without config spec and load rules field (load them from files)
• JENKINS-8949: Provide list of folders and/or files for polling (lshistory)
• changeset can be generated from updt files after checkout in snapshot views

My pull request introduced some fixes and new features. It was easier for me test all things together and push at once. In future i will try to make more commits, so it should easier to merge and test.

Yes, feedback is always welcome to find the right way

Hi, Vincent
I do understand that this is open source, and I do appreciate your work. Perhaps because the plugin has been so useful and robust, I got to expect it always to be perfect I'll try to be only constructive in the future. And, thanks!
Waldek

I would like to add that I have similar issue. We are using snapshot views and from time to time I see rebuilds without reason. It says that CSPEC configured != catcs (view), but nobody actually changed cs. I'm not sure why jenkins thinks that something changed, but would it be possible to add a checkbox in plugin config to disable/enable this feature, and make it off by default?

Is there a chance for a fix for this one? This would be great, because without it, users of dynamic views (and some users of snapshots) are stuck with 1.3.8.

I've just released 1.3.11 which disables the config spec comparison if time rule is enabled. This should fix your issues.

I've finally found some time to verify the fix. Well - it works Thanks!

Is it possible this bug has been re-introduced in 1.3.14 (possibly earlier)? I am using a snapshot view, with a time-based config spec. The clearcase polling log is shown below:
Started on Jun 20, 2013 1:30:25 PM

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • get view CSPEC ***********************
                                                      [PSoC-Programmer-Build] $ cleartool catcs -tag Jenkins_build_CMSBUILD6.cms.cypress.com_PSoC-Programmer-Build
                                                      time 20-Jun-13.13:20:25
                                                      element * CHECKEDOUT
                                                      element * .../main_pp319/LATEST
                                                      element * PP3.18_B1534
                                                      element * /main/LATEST
                                                      load \ps1_swtools\Source
                                                      ******************************************************************
                                                      [WARNING] CSPEC configured != catcs (view)
                                                      REASON: New config spec detected.
                                                      Done. Took 0.47 sec
                                                      Changes found

The build executes each time it is polled since the timestamp is different.

The same problem with dynamic views. When "Do Not Reset Config Spec" option is set and "Config spec" field empty or default.

...
[WARNING] CSPEC configured != catcs (view)
REASON: New config spec detected.
Done. Took 0.17 sec
Changes found