Buildbot sends emails that require no action
Bug #419685 reported by
Jonathan Lange
This bug affects 1 person
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launchpad Buildbot Configuration |
Triaged
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Low
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
Launchpad's buildbot sends emails whenever a build fails. While this sounds like a good idea, it's actually not.
In particular, it spams the list with "merge failed" messages whenever there's a conflict between stable and db-devel. It should only send this message once, and then send another message when the problem is resolved.
| tags: | added: build-infrastructure |
Revision history for this message
| Michael Hudson-Doyle (mwhudson) wrote | #1 |
| Changed in launchpad-foundations: | |
| status: | New → Incomplete |
Revision history for this message
| Jonathan Lange (jml) wrote | #2 |
| Changed in launchpad-foundations: | |
| status: | Incomplete → Confirmed |
| importance: | Undecided → Low |
| status: | Confirmed → Triaged |
| affects: | launchpad → lpbuildbot |
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The merge failed emails are not sent by buildbot, fwiw: they're sent by PQM. These can definitely get a bit spammy.
buildbot does send mail to the list whenever a build fails, but I think that is probably a good thing.
In both cases, action is actually required by someone. Maybe repetitive email isn't the best way of getting it though...