Buildbot sends emails that require no action
Bug #419685 reported by
Jonathan Lange
This bug affects 1 person
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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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 |
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...