Bug 124308 - Build Bots should have a different color or state for broken builds
Summary: Build Bots should have a different color or state for broken builds
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: WebKit
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Tools / Tests (show other bugs)
Version: 528+ (Nightly build)
Hardware: Unspecified Unspecified
: P2 Normal
Assignee: Nobody
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Reported: 2013-11-13 13:52 PST by Joseph Pecoraro
Modified: 2013-11-14 23:12 PST (History)
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Description Joseph Pecoraro 2013-11-13 13:52:16 PST 
Currently on build.webkit.org it is difficult to differentiate between a bot that has failing tests and a bot that failed to build. Failing to build is far more serious and should be addressed more quickly. I would appreciate having some indication.

The EWS bots are a huge help, but bots still occasionally break.
Comment 1 Simon Fraser (smfr) 2013-11-13 13:58:37 PST 
Hmm, not so easy. buildbot waterfall just has one "failure" class.
Comment 2 Joseph Pecoraro 2013-11-13 14:06:24 PST 
I'd love to see this on at least the console, waterfall, and bot watcher dashboard.
Comment 3 Tim Horton 2013-11-14 23:12:16 PST 
(In reply to comment #0)
> Currently on build.webkit.org it is difficult to differentiate between a bot that has failing tests and a bot that failed to build. Failing to build is far more serious and should be addressed more quickly. I would appreciate having some indication.
> 
> The EWS bots are a huge help, but bots still occasionally break.

"occasionally"... ha!

> and bot watcher dashboard

Why? A failure in column 1 is a build failure, and inspires greater panic than a failure in the other two columns (a test failure).