[Buildbot-devel] MailNotifier mode - append to list of interested users?

[Mark MacVicar]

I'm having a dillema about how best to email users about build failures.

On the one hand I could send out email for the first failure using
mode=problem, however, users that checkin a fix assume that their fix
worked (perhaps this is a training issue) and have to be poked.

On the other hand I could send out email for each failing build using
mode=failing, however, "sendToInterestedUsers" only emails the last
person to checkin (via the blamelist). Which blames users that may not
be responsible.

Does anyone who has worked with Buildbot in larger teams have any
suggestions or advice?


What would be ideal is if Buildbot could keep adding to the blamelist
until the problem is resolved. At least that way Buildbot wouldn't
blame Joe for something John did (it would blame both of them, first
Joe, then Joe and John, then Joe and John and Jane, etc...).

What might also help would be an email to interested users, when a
broken build is fixed. I think I could add this, I'm just not sure if
I should.


Thanks

Mark MacVicar