[Python-Dev] No email about buildbot failures for 3.1?

["Martin v. Löwis"]

>> What is the specific checkin? What specific builds failed?
>>
> 
> How about one that just happened:
> http://www.python.org/dev/buildbot/3.x.stable/sparc%20solaris10%20gcc%203.x/builds/126
> . If you look at the python-checkins for the revision
> (http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-checkins/2009-January/077369.html)
> at the index, there is no email about the buildbot failure.

In that case, no mail was sent because this builder had a failed build
prior to this build already:

http://www.python.org/dev/buildbot/3.x.stable/sparc solaris10 gcc
3.x/builds/125

The MailNotifier is currently configured to send mail only when the
slave transitions from passed to failed ('problem'), not while it stays
in failed. That could be changed, of course (to either 'failing':
send mail for all failed builds, or 'all': send mail for all builds).
However, this has been the configuration since buildbot was first
installed, so its not a recent configuration change.

Regards,
Martin