[Buildbot-devel] formatting of builder name in waterfall column?

[Kevin Funk]

On Friday, 28. June 2013 05:56:13 Philippe McLean wrote:
> thanks... there are currently using hyphens in the builder name --- time to
> upgrade!
> On 2013-06-28, at 1:42, Kevin Funk <kevin.funk at kdab.com> wrote:
> > On Thursday 27 June 2013, 15:32, Philippe McLean wrote:
> >> hi,
> >> i'd like to abbreviate or create a display name for the builder column --
> >> the names I've picked are long and dont contain spaces, so the waterfall
> >> marches off to the right.
> >> 
> >> is there a way to customize this?
> >> (we're running 0.8.3p1 on the master).
> >> 
> >> thanks
> >> Phil McLean
> > 
> > Wow, 0.8.3p1 is pretty old. I'd suggest to upgrade :)
> > 
> > Regarding your problem: Just use hyphens to divide your builder name
> > string.
> > 
> > We use for example "gammaray1.3-qt4.8-linux64", the browser automatically
> > word-wraps the string after the hyphens and I get a relatively small
> > column
> > for that particular builder
> > 
> > Greets

Note: This is not a buildbot problem, the browser should take care of word-
wrapping those strings if possible.

Maybe there are some other strings that prevent the column(s) from shrinking 
in size? Long names for build steps, etc.?

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