On 2024-05-16 Th 17:15, Tom Lane wrote:
> Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net> writes:
>> On 2024-05-16 Th 16:18, Tom Lane wrote:
>>> Andrew: maybe the buildfarm server could be made to flag
>>> animals building exceedingly old commits? This is the second
>>> problem of this sort that I've noticed this month, and you
>>> really have to look closely to realize it's happening.
>> Yeah, that should be doable. Since we have the git ref these days we
>> should be able to mark it as old, or maybe just reject builds for very
>> old commits (the latter would be easier).
> I'd rather have some visible status on the BF dashboard. Invariably,
> with a problem like this, the animal's owner is unaware there's a
> problem. If it's just silently not reporting, then no one else will
> notice either, and we effectively lose an animal (despite it still
> burning electricity to perform those rejected runs).
>
>
Fair enough. That will mean some database changes and other stuff, so it
will take a bit longer.
cheers
andrew
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