Log analysis code

[Joe Marcus Clarke]

On Fri, 2005-10-21 at 16:46 +0200, Oliver Lehmann wrote:
> Joe Marcus Clarke wrote:
> 
> > As some of you on the tinderbox-cvs list know, I've committed the first
> > round of log analysis code to tinderbox HEAD.  I have been porting the
> > code up from the 2.x branch where I've been testing it.  I'm pleased to
> > say, the analysis is at least as accurate as pointyhat.
> 
> I wonder what you think the reason explanation should be shown? I
> actually extended webui to display the tag for each failed port on the
> different build_ports displays.
> The reason should be clickable i think which leads to an explanation. The
> question ius now, should this click end up in a tiny pop-up window, or
> should a site get called where all the explanations are shown with an
> ancor for each one (like it is on pointyhat). I for myself would prefer
> the 1st solution since it's imho the easiest for the user (just klick on
> it and close the window after reading) But i know that there might be
> people who don't like "pop ups" ;)
> 
> So, let me know please what I should implement.

Well, this was _my thought_ (season to taste).  I was going to add a
colored column to the last built ports page, build summary page, and
port breakdown page that indicated if a failure occurred.  The text of
the box would be the reason tag (max 20 characters), and the color of
the box would represent if the failure was COMMON, RARE, or TRANSIENT
(TRANSIENT being the most benign to the end user).

The reason tag would be a hyperlink.  If the mouse was placed over the
link, a tooltip pop-up would appear with the first few lines of the
reason description.  If the tag was clicked, the user would be
redirected to the reason summary page which would be built on-the-fly,
and contain all failure reason tags, types, and descriptions.

I'm not sure if this is too much, or not enough.  It's just what I was
thinking of doing.

Joe

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