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:
· Views can now include jobs located within folders. (pull 757)
· Added confirmation dialog before reloading configuration from disk. (issue 15340)
· Switched confirmation before deleting jobs or wiping out workspace to a dialog.
· Different text than “Build Now” for parameterized jobs. (issue 10738)
· Check the view name with ajax.
· “Build Now” context menu item broken for parameterized jobs. (issue 17110)
· Incorrect redirection after delete of job in folder in view. (issue 17575)
· ”My Views" links leads to 404 Not Found. (issue 17317)
· Quoting Issue with JDK Installer with Windows Installer. (issue 5408)
· Restored compatibility in ArtifactArchiver signature; broken in 1.509 and could affect plugins. (issue 17637)
· Fixed a bug in the logic that hides context menu anchor 'v'