TFSBuildLab 1.0 Released

Buck Hodges - TFSBuildLab 1.0 for TFS 2005

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TfsBuildLab v1.0 is out there !!!

Finally we are feature complete as we intended it to be from the start (download it from here) ...

What's new in version 1.0?

Service
* Automatic rescheduling when adding new scheduled trigger.
* A report for displaying statistics from the triggers and retention policies.
* Support for overriding build script parameters both for CI and queued builds.
* Support for only deleting the build drops.
* Support for configuring retention policies based on build quality.
* Performance improvements by introducing caching

Admin Client
* Added feedback when delteing multiple builds.
* Support for forcing recaching on the server.
* Support for overriding build script parameters on queued builds.
* Support for overriding build script parameters on triggers.
* Added range paramters when listing log entries to limit the result data.

Checkin Policies
* Removed the need for TfsBuildLab when using the restricted paths policy.

Build Task
* New custom build task to use overloaded parameters (LoadOverriddenProperty)

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We're starting to get serious now about using TeamBuild in my team, so this may come in handy in the near future...

As I build out the team I am working us away as fast as I can from an "F5 Build Process". When you have a one person "team" it's one thing, but when the plan is for a 5+ members it's a whole 'nother ball of wax... TFS is already hosting the work items and source, it might as well do the building as well.  ;)

 

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