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Wed Aug 4 17:17:41 CEST 2010 · https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2010-August/102818.html

On 04/08/2010 16:15, exarkun at twistedmatrix.com wrote:
> On 02:51 pm, barry at python.org wrote:
>> On Aug 04, 2010, at 11:16 AM, Antoine Pitrou wrote:
>>> I think the issue is that many core developers don't have the reflex
>>> to check buildbot state after they commit some changes (or at least
>>> on a regular, say weekly, basis), and so gradually the buildbots have
>>> a tendency to turn from green to red, one after another.
>>
>> I'd classify this as a failure of the tools, not of the developers. 
>> These
>> post-commit verification steps should be proactive, and scream really 
>> loud (or
>> even prevent future commits) until everything is green again. Buildbots
>> themselves can be unstable, so this may or may not be workable, and 
>> changing
>> any of this will take valuable volunteer time. It's also unsexy work.
>
> How hard is it to look at a web page?

The hard part is remembering.

Michael

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> Jean-Paul
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[Python-Dev] Looking after the buildbots (in general)