Re: [gef-dev] Re: [Galileo] Failed for build 2009-09-17_10-31-42

[David M Williams <david_williams@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I have opened 

https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=289768

to see if P2 can improve their "network sucks" error message for the 
future.

No plans to change the Galileo aggregater. 





From:
Thomas Hallgren <thomas@xxxxxxx>
To:
GEF development <gef-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc:
David M Williams/Raleigh/IBM@IBMUS
Date:
09/17/2009 12:54 PM
Subject:
Re: [gef-dev] Re: [Galileo] Failed for build 2009-09-17_10-31-42



On 09/17/2009 06:42 PM, Nick Boldt wrote:
> So this is the usual "network sucks, try again" error that p2 can't 
> seem to overcome (even though it's sourcing files on download.eclipse 
> from build.eclipse, which is the same nfs drives and same internal 
> network) ?
>
> Can the buckybuilder trap for these and just try again instead of 
> reporting them as build problems?
>
I would argue that in this case, they are indeed build problems and in 
some respect, some are actually your problems :-)

Rationale:
You provide a contribution. For some reason, the site denoted in 
contribution cannot be reached. So buckybuilder sends you a mail to 
inform you about the problem. So far, so good.

You will probably argue that in this case, everything is at eclipse.org 
and if there are network problems, then that's actually not something 
that you can fix. True as it might be, buckybuilder still holds you 
responsible for your contribution. Keep in mind that it is designed as a 
general purpose application that can be used by anyone at any place.

The Buckybuilder could of course be extended so that it would have 
special entries for domains or similar. That, together with special 
groups of exceptions, could be used to define rules like "Networks 
problems at this domain should trigger emails to this contact". But 
that's not a trivial change I'm afraid.

Regards,
Thomas Hallgren