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| author | Tristan Van Berkom <tristan.vanberkom@codethink.co.uk> | 2016-11-06 14:38:28 +0900 |
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| committer | Tristan Van Berkom <tristan.vanberkom@codethink.co.uk> | 2016-11-08 18:17:47 +0900 |
| commit | ad9d4f7799a881d7cd9f129ae28e9f0fa7d6a83d (patch) | |
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| download | buildstream-ad9d4f7799a881d7cd9f129ae28e9f0fa7d6a83d.tar.gz | |
Initial commit, just adding a README
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diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..eaeb54f4c --- /dev/null +++ b/README.rst @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ +BuildStream is a flexible and extensible framework for the modelling of build +and CI pipelines in a declarative YAML format, written in python. + +BuildStream defines a pipeline as abstract elements related by their dependencies, +and stacks to conveniently group dependencies together. Basic element types for +importing SDKs in the form of tarballs or ostree checkouts, building software +components and exporting SDKs or deploying bootable filesystem images will be +included in BuildStream, but it is expected that projects forge their own custom +elements for doing more elaborate things such as running custom CI tests or deploying +software in special ways. + +The build pipeline is a flow based concept which operates on filesystem data as +input and output. An element's input is the sum of it's dependencies, sources and +configuration loaded from the YAML, while the output is something on the filesystem +which another element can then depend on. |