Jenkins monitors executions of repeated jobs, such as building a software project or jobs run by cron. Among those things, current Jenkins focuses on the following two jobs:
1. Building/testing software projects continuously, just like CruiseControl or DamageControl. In a nutshell, Jenkins provides an easy-to-use so-called continuous integration system, making it easier for developers to integrate changes to the project, and making it easier for users to obtain a fresh build. The automated, continuous build increases the productivity.
2. Monitoring executions of externally-run jobs, such as cron jobs and procmail jobs, even those that are run on a remote machine. For example, with cron, all you receive is regular e-mails that capture the output, and it is up to you to look at them diligently and notice when it broke. Jenkins keeps those outputs and makes it easy for you to notice when something is wrong.
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What's New in This Release:
· UnsatisfiedLinkError on CreateSymbolicLinkw on Windows XP. (issue 17343)
· Flyweight tasks should execute on the master if there's no static executors available. (issue 7291)
· Download tool installations directly from the slave when possible, since this is much faster than going through the master. (issue 17330)
· Improved UI for implicitly locked builds. (issue 10197)
· Promote the use of 'H' in cron. (issue 17311)
· Context menu no longer automatically pops up (issue 13995)