[Buildbot] #2995: Get rid of all the broken / unwired elements from the web UI.

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#2995: Get rid of all the broken / unwired elements from the web UI.
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Reporter:  Ben     |       Owner:
    Type:  task    |      Status:  new
Priority:  major   |   Milestone:  0.9.0
 Version:  master  |  Resolution:
Keywords:  web     |
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Changes (by tardyp):

 * type:  defect => task


Old description:

> The current state of the web-ui is quite difficult to define: there are a
> few buttons / fields that are present, but that are either not working,
> not linked to anything, or simply to placeholder data.
>
> Overall, this gives quite a spooky experience, where clicking on an
> element is a sort of random game about "will something happen or not". I
> think we need to get rid of the mockup effect and move toward a working
> interface.
>
> In the long term, we educate ourself not to pay attention about those,
> which is also a very bad thing.
>
> The reason why I would like to get a green light about cleaning them up.
>
> The idea then, is to progressively re-add elements as we implement them
> through.
>
> Non-exhaustive list of affected elements:
> - the about page (all the placeholders)
> - all the rawdata elements.
> - all columns without values (for example: the "owner" for the builders)
> - the promote and rebuild buttons on the build page

New description:

 This tarc is to make sure we dont deliver nine before looking at all the
 element of the web UI, and looking if everything is working as expected



 The current state of the web-ui is quite difficult to define: there are a
 few buttons / fields that are present, but that are either not working,
 not linked to anything, or simply to placeholder data.

 Overall, this gives quite a spooky experience, where clicking on an
 element is a sort of random game about "will something happen or not". I
 think we need to get rid of the mockup effect and move toward a working
 interface.

 In the long term, we educate ourself not to pay attention about those,
 which is also a very bad thing.

 The reason why I would like to get a green light about cleaning them up.

 The idea then, is to progressively re-add elements as we implement them
 through.

 Non-exhaustive list of affected elements:
 - the about page (all the placeholders)
 - all the rawdata elements.
 - all columns without values (for example: the "owner" for the builders)
 - the promote and rebuild buttons on the build page

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