[Buildbot-devel] Console view misleading when changing status between builds

[Russell Gallop]

I have some slow builders which don't build on every commit and the 
status on the versions in between can be misleading.

Say I have a good commit followed by a bad commit. The console view 
shows something like this:

|  | Fast builder | Slow builder |
| 2. Bad commit | Fail | Fail |
| 1. Good commit | Pass | *Fail* |

The fast builder will accurately show the status because it has built 
every commit. The slow builder has only built "Bad commit" and then 
assigns that status to "Good commit" as well as (*Fail*).

In practice (with less telling commit messages) it is not possible to 
distinguish a genuine fail on a version from one that has not built 
(without clicking on the blobs to see which are real builds).

I think "real" builds should be highlighted so they can be distinguished 
from the "interpolated" status, maybe by a bolder border.

What do people think?

Regards
Russ