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

[Nicolas Sylvain]

On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 2:28 AM, Russell Gallop <russ at random-punters.co.uk>wrote:

> 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?
>

Take a look at the chromium console:
http://build.chromium.org/p/chromium/console
<http://build.chromium.org/p/chromium/console>Then go completely to the
bottom and click the "merge" button.
When more than one revision are merged into the same build, the boxes are
merged too. The "real" build is always the top one in the merged box.

Would that help?

Nicolas


> Regards
> Russ
>
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