[Buildbot-devel] Thoughts on IRC status delivery

[Frederic Leroy]

Le Tue, 3 Jul 2007 13:30:48 -0400,
"Greg Ward" <gerg.ward+buildbot at gmail.com> a écrit :

> So last week, I blew an hour or two learning how to use this
> newfangled "IRC" thing [1] and setting up an IRC server on my
> buildmaster, just to see what status delivery over IRC is like.  I
> guess I should have read the fine docs first, but it wasn't what I
> expected.  The whole notion of sending commands to get back very
> specific status reports seems awfully restricted.
I agree

> Here's what (I think) I really want in
> status-delivery-by-instant-message: just tell me what I want to know
> without making me ask for it.  I think this can be done with two
> modes, "normal" and "verbose".
> [...]
Add a third, which announce only warnings or failed builds.
 
> Personally, I'd be perfectly happy selecting between normal and
> verbose mode in master.cfg.  But if you want to make it selectable
> per-user by IRC commands, go right ahead.
I prefer to have it selectable.
 
> Anyways, feel free to take this idea and run with it.  I *might* hack
> on it at some point, but my feelings won't be hurt if someone beats me
> to it.
I wish more commands, and more descriptive commands. 
Like the list of bots and what job they do.
For the  "status" command, it would be nice to show status for each
bots.

It lacks authentification, and anti-flooding rules.

That's all !

-- 
Frederic Leroy