'Re: [webkit-dev] EWS Comments on Bugzilla (Was: EWS now parses error logs in case of build failure)'

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Subject:    Re: [webkit-dev] EWS Comments on Bugzilla (Was: EWS now parses error logs in case of build failure)
From:       Maciej Stachowiak <mjs () apple ! com>
Date:       2019-11-04 2:58:42
Message-ID: 4F17DBD6-5B1D-4565-B17A-DA169510C46E () apple ! com
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I think they are useful to actual and potential reviewers. Direct email to the patch author is not \
something anyone can Cc themselves on, and is not archived, so seems like a strictly worse form of \
communication.

> On Nov 2, 2019, at 9:34 AM, Alexey Proskuryakov <ap@apple.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> My preference is still e-mailing the patch author directly (possibly, also having an option to opt in \
> for anyone). Bugzilla comments will always be irrelevant for most people CC'ed on the bug, and they are \
> almost always undesirable to keep within the discussion flow. 
> - Alexey
> 
> > 1 нояб. 2019 г., в 18:28, Aakash Jain <aakash_jain@apple.com> написал(а):
> > 
> > Sounds good. I prefer the single comment when the first failure occur. That way notification would be \
> > sent as soon as the first failure happens. 
> > I'll implement that (assuming it's acceptable to everyone).
> > 
> > Thanks
> > Aakash
> > 
> > > On Nov 1, 2019, at 8:35 PM, Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@apple.com> wrote:
> > > 
> > > 
> > > How about only a single comment when the first failure occurs? (Or else when all bots pass, if \
> > > there is never a failure.) 
> > > This should help the author, the reviewer, and anyone else cc'd, without being too spammy.
> > > 
> > > > On Nov 1, 2019, at 5:20 PM, Aakash Jain <aakash_jain@apple.com> wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > Hi Ryosuke,
> > > > 
> > > > Many people didn't like the noise by the EWS comments, and we removed the comments as per \
> > > > previous discussion in: https://lists.webkit.org/pipermail/webkit-dev/2019-June/030683.html. 
> > > > I agree with your point that having some kind of notification might be useful.
> > > > 
> > > > I proposed some ideas in \
> > > > https://lists.webkit.org/pipermail/webkit-dev/2019-September/030798.html, but didn't get much \
> > > > feedback. If we can all agree on a solution, I can look into implementing it. 
> > > > Thanks
> > > > Aakash
> > > > 
> > > > > On Oct 30, 2019, at 1:03 AM, Ryosuke Niwa <rniwa@webkit.org> wrote:
> > > > > 
> > > > > These enhancements are great. There is one feature of the old EWS that I really miss, which is \
> > > > > that I used to get emails when some EWS failed. With new EWS, I have to keep checking back the \
> > > > > bugzilla to see if any of them have failed periodically. 
> > > > > Can we add a feature to opt into such an email notification? Maybe a flag on a patch or JSON \
> > > > > configuration file somewhere. 
> > > > > - R. Niwa
> > > > > 
> > > > > On Tue, Oct 29, 2019 at 4:05 PM Aakash Jain <aakash_jain@apple.com> wrote:
> > > > > Hi Everyone,
> > > > > 
> > > > > I am happy to announce another EWS feature.
> > > > > 
> > > > > From now on, in case of build failure, EWS will parse the errors and display them in a separate \
> > > > > 'errors' log. You wouldn't have to search through thousands of lines of logs to find the error \
> > > > > message. 
> > > > > For example, in https://ews-build.webkit.org/#/builders/16/builds/6054, in step #7 WebKit \
> > > > > failed to compile. Complete logs (stdio) are 38,000+ lines, and the error is not at the end of \
> > > > > the logs. Normally, it requires some searching through the logs to find the relevant errors. \
> > > > > But now, there is another 'errors' log, which contains just the relevant 11 lines (containing \
> > > > > error and few related lines to provide additional context). 
> > > > > Hopefully this would save some time and efforts previously spent on searching through the large \
> > > > > logs. 
> > > > > Note that this information is not displayed in status-bubble tool-tip, since this might be lot \
> > > > > of text to display in the tooltip. My further plan is to make this information more readily \
> > > > > available, by adding it to a custom designed page which will open on clicking the status bubble \
> > > > > https://webkit.org/b/197522 
> > > > > Please let me know if you notice any issues or have any feedback.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Thanks
> > > > > Aakash
> > > > > 
> > > > > Reference: https://webkit.org/b/203418
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> > > > > -- 
> > > > > - R. Niwa
> > > > 
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> - Alexey
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