[Buildbot] #1008: Last build status only reports last failure for multiple non-halt-on-failure steps

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#1008: Last build status only reports last failure for multiple non-halt-on-
failure steps
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Reporter:  ayust        |       Owner:
    Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  new
Priority:  major        |   Milestone:  0.9.+
 Version:  master       |  Resolution:
Keywords:  web, sprint  |
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Changes (by dustin):

 * keywords:  web => web, sprint


Old description:

> Sometimes there may be a string of steps in a build process that are all
> non-haltOnFailure (due to wanting to process certain types of errors in
> previous steps), but non-expected types of failure in earlier steps
> causes later steps to fail as well. In such cases, the fact that the
> grid/tgrid and waterfall last-build status blocks only report the final
> failure in the chain can be misleading.
>
> Perhaps we should either a) report all failed steps, or b) report the
> first failed step and a note like "Failed test (and 2 more)".

New description:

 Sometimes there may be a string of steps in a build process that are all
 non-haltOnFailure (due to wanting to process certain types of errors in
 previous steps), but non-expected types of failure in earlier steps causes
 later steps to fail as well. In such cases, the fact that the grid/tgrid
 and waterfall last-build status blocks only report the final failure in
 the chain can be misleading.

 Perhaps we should either a) report all failed steps, or b) report the
 first failed step and a note like "Failed test (and 2 more)".

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Comment:

 Some careful consideration of the build-level status for each step will
 help here.

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