[Buildbot-devel] RSS feeds and microsummaries

[Robert Helmer]

Brian Warner wrote:
>> Is there any interest in having an XML buildbot status feed, and using 
>> that and XSL to create the waterfall page? It'd enable
>> people to make their own custom feeds without having to make changes on 
>> the buildbot side.
>>     
>
> Woah. If you can write an XSLT program that can generate that Waterfall
> table, I'll buy you lunch. You're crazy :). I nearly went insane trying to
> build it in Python.
>   

Ok, the idea of a free lunch has spurred me on - does this qualify? :)
http://people.mozilla.com/~rhelmer/mockups/waterfall/2/waterfall.xml

I had to go and get help from Jonas Sicking to fill in the gaps in my 
XSL knowledge; maybe 1.5 lunches? :)

I don't really understand the logic that applies to the colspans for the 
time cells in the buildbot waterfall page; I think this looks kind of 
nicer anyway.


Thanks,
Rob