[Buildbot-devel] Database status watcher and display based on django

[Marcus Lindblom]

Axel Hecht wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I wanted to point you to a project that I have hinted at before, which 
> is now up in a "working demo" state. I have both a status plugin and an 
> independent web front end to buildbot up based on django. You can see my 
> initial blogpost on how far I am on 
> http://blog.mozilla.com/axel/2008/12/19/working-demo-waterfall-and-more/.
> 
> I encountered a few challenges on the way, like steps not getting their 
> text set before the stepStarted hook is called, and similar.
> 
> Anyway, just wanted to let you know that this code is out there, in a 
> rough and early stage. Contributions welcome, in particular ideas on how 
> to make the site design customizable, and adapt to particular step 
> outputs etc.

Interesting. I'll have to dig a bit more and see how it's done, but in 
general it's nice to know that you actually can combine bb and django.

/Marcus