Frequently Asked Questions

Here you can find answers to frequently asked questions about Bitten.

Overview

1. General
   1. What is Bitten?
   2. What license governs the use of Bitten?
   3. What software metrics and statistics are collected/displayed, is there a sample to look at?
2. Using Bitten
   1. How do I point the bitten slave to my build configuration?
   2. How do I add one of those cool over-time charts to my build page?

General

What is Bitten?

Bitten is a ​Trac extension for continuous integration. See the white paper for the original motivation behind the project.

What license governs the use of Bitten?

Bitten is released under the revised BSD license, which is a liberal open source license that has been ​approved by the ​Open Source Initiative (OSI).

What software metrics and statistics are collected/displayed, is there a sample to look at?

You can get an impression of what is possible at ​http://bitten.edgewall.org/build/trunk

Using Bitten

How do I point the bitten slave to my build configuration?

If your trac installation is hosted at trac.xxx.com, and you have a project called my-project in trac, the command line would look like:

bitten-slave ​https://trac.xxx.com/my-project/builds -u <username> -p <password>

How do I add one of those cool over-time charts to my build page?

See this page: Adding Charts