I have a c++ project (cmake based) where I want the following steps to be executed:
Configure -> Build -> Test -> Package -> Distribute
I want to alter the configure task so that I can run against different compilers or with different compiler flags. The only way to do it with Bamboo is to duplicate the plan. This means that next time I want to modify my plan, I will have to modify X plans instead of just 1. This is just not possible given the number of configurations we need to test.
What we would need is "plan templates", ie. a way to define a plan containing parameters. We would then define plans based on the template and just defining the parameters. Any change to the plan template would be immediately seen in the plans based on the template.
[BAM-9189] Allow running the same plan with different parameters (ie. plans templates)
Oliver Gierke
added a comment - It's a bit ironic to fix an issue with the hint to a totally unrelated feature. Is there any other place the original issue is tracked?
Oliver Gierke
added a comment - It's a bit ironic to fix an issue with the hint to a totally unrelated feature. Is there any other place the original issue is tracked? 
Paudi Moriarty
added a comment - So, can this be reopened or do we need to create a new issue? 
Vladimir Berezniker
added a comment - Or take a look at Team City project templates Paudi Moriarty
added a comment - See https://wiki.jenkins-ci.org/display/JENKINS/Building+a+matrix+project for the Jenkins implementation.
Paudi Moriarty
added a comment - See https://wiki.jenkins-ci.org/display/JENKINS/Building+a+matrix+project for the Jenkins implementation. Paudi Moriarty
added a comment - Yes, Plan Branches only covers a small subset of the use cases for this feature. What about matrix testing for supported platforms (eg JDK)?
Paudi Moriarty
added a comment - Yes, Plan Branches only covers a small subset of the use cases for this feature. What about matrix testing for supported platforms (eg JDK)? 
Ron Chan
added a comment - Hello,
Am I missing something here? I came upon this ticket item because it was supposed to address this issue https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/1268/how-to-run-the-same-plan-on-multiple-agents. Please explain to me how this ticket could possibly be resolved with a "Plan branches" feature? Please explain how would this allow the same plan to run in multiple agents?
Ron Chan
added a comment - Hello,
Am I missing something here? I came upon this ticket item because it was supposed to address this issue https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/1268/how-to-run-the-same-plan-on-multiple-agents . Please explain to me how this ticket could possibly be resolved with a "Plan branches" feature? Please explain how would this allow the same plan to run in multiple agents? Hi all,
This week we are introducing Plan branches as part of Bamboo 4.0. Plan Branches are a Bamboo Plan configuration that represent a branch in your version control system.
Plan Branches inherit all of the configuration defined by the parent Plan, except that instead of building against the repository's main line, they build against a specified branch (or you can build the same branch as the Plan, its up to you). It is also worth noting that only users with edit access to the Plan can create Plan Branches that inherit from that plan.
Plan Branches can also override Plan variables that are specified in the parent plan, which allow your to specify different parameters to the build.
We will be announcing this feature soon on the Atlassian website. If you have any questions or concerns feel free to comment on this ticket.
Thanks
James
Interesting to see that bugs that are linked to existing feature requests are closed as "Fixed", as it the problem would go away and in fact it didn't. I would see Duplicate closer to reality.