[Python-Dev] [Python-3000] the release gods are angry at python

[David Bolen]

Jean-Paul Calderone <exarkun at divmod.com> writes:

> There's a bug in some configurations (I have never managed to track down
> the details) where the ping action actually prevents any further builds
> from happening on that slave until the master is restarted.  Not sure if
> this is related to the problem you're seeing here or not.

Over time, I've seen this occasionally in the status for my buildbots
(idle, but builds shown as pending, and yes often the last action was
a ping).  At least in the cases I've observed into so far, restarting
the buildbot has typically cleaned it up and let the builds proceed.

-- David