[PATCH] D144464: [docs] Improve guidance on installing the correct buildbot-worker version

Tue Feb 28 10:06:35 PST 2023

gkistanova added a comment.

There is no promise of forward compatibility as far as I know. Thus far I have seen working workers from version 0.8.4 to version 3.7.0. I have also seen people setting up workers from the source code and not any particular release. All this is fine. I don't think we should force everyone to use a particular version as long as that does not affect reliability of the production buildbot, and experiments with newer versions do not require much attention and troubleshooting on the server side. Being flexible with the requirements to workers help bot owners to keep them on their own schedule.

That's a long way of saying that the current wording is Ok, I think. This is mostly for people who are about to set their first worker and looking for a safe bet.

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