[Python-Dev] Sad status of Python 3.x buildbots

[Chris Angelico]

On Sat, Oct 11, 2014 at 2:45 AM, Jesus Cea <jcea at jcea.es> wrote:
> On 03/09/14 02:37, Antoine Pitrou wrote:
>
>> I'm not sure that's an answer to the problem. What we need is not more
>> machines, but dedicated buildbot maintainers.
>
> I would love to get an email if my buildbots are consistently RED for a
> few hours.
>
> In the past Antoine, Victor and others pinged me about issues in my
> buildbots (OpenIndiana). I feel shame and I think it is not very
> productive either.

Likewise. In the earliest days of my buildbots, I kept a very close
eye on them (which was good; they had some occasional network
glitches, which I had to resolve), but once they became stable, I
stopped watching. Now, I almost never check them - as long as the VM's
running, I basically assume all's well. It'd be very helpful if a
computer could auto-email any time they're down for any length of
time. Is the info available in some way? Could I write a little
monitor at my end that asks every hour if my buildbots can be seen?

ChrisA