[Buildbot-commits] [Buildbot] #1704: ShellCommand's description, descriptionDone default to None, causing exceptions

[Buildbot]

#1704: ShellCommand's description, descriptionDone default to None, causing
exceptions
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Reporter:  dustin  |       Owner:       
    Type:  defect  |      Status:  new  
Priority:  major   |   Milestone:  0.8.3
 Version:  0.8.2   |    Keywords:       
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 Exceptions like

 {{{
        Traceback (most recent call last):
          File "/Library/Python/2.6/site-
 packages/buildbot-0.8.2-py2.6.egg/buildbot/process/base.py", line 374, in
 _stepDone
            return self.startNextStep()
          File "/Library/Python/2.6/site-
 packages/buildbot-0.8.2-py2.6.egg/buildbot/process/base.py", line 363, in
 startNextStep
            d = defer.maybeDeferred(s.startStep, self.remote)
          File "/Library/Python/2.6/site-
 packages/Twisted-8.2.0-py2.6-macosx-10.6-universal.egg/twisted/internet/defer.py",
 line 106, in maybeDeferred
            result = f(*args, **kw)
          File "/Library/Python/2.6/site-
 packages/buildbot-0.8.2-py2.6.egg/buildbot/process/buildstep.py", line
 724, in startStep
            self.step_status.setText(self.describe(False))
        --- <exception caught here> ---
          File "/Library/Python/2.6/site-
 packages/buildbot-0.8.2-py2.6.egg/buildbot/steps/shell.py", line 145, in
 describe
            if len(words) < 1:
        exceptions.TypeError: object of type 'NoneType' has no len()
 }}}

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