[Buildbot-commits] [SPAM] Re: [Buildbot] #394: I want buildbot to repeatedly notify the person responsible for the build break that the build is still broken, so that they know when it is fixed.

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#394: I want buildbot to repeatedly notify the person responsible for the build
break that the build is still broken, so that they know when it is fixed.
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Reporter:  mmacvicar    |       Owner:                     
    Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  new                
Priority:  major        |   Milestone:  0.8.+              
 Version:  0.7.9        |    Keywords:  status notification
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Comment(by tfogal):

 We've got a similar system in a home-brewed discontinuous integration
 system for one project I work on.

 I'm not sure if failing to notify user B is all that useful.  For one, it
 won't happen often; user B can't effectively test their work in many
 cases, so they probably won't be committing anyway.  Secondly, user B
 might fix A's bug but cause their own failure.  Finally, it's not really
 all that disruptive to notify B anyway; a broken build is bad for a
 project *globally*, not just for one user.

 So I think this could be solved 'simply' by making blamelists persistent.
 Store them between runs.  Union blamelists when builds fail.  Nullify them
 when a build succeeds.  I guess that's really more of a "blameset".

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