Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net> writes:
> On 2024-05-16 Th 16:18, Tom Lane wrote:
>> Andrew: maybe the buildfarm server could be made to flag
>> animals building exceedingly old commits? This is the second
>> problem of this sort that I've noticed this month, and you
>> really have to look closely to realize it's happening.
> Yeah, that should be doable. Since we have the git ref these days we
> should be able to mark it as old, or maybe just reject builds for very
> old commits (the latter would be easier).
I'd rather have some visible status on the BF dashboard. Invariably,
with a problem like this, the animal's owner is unaware there's a
problem. If it's just silently not reporting, then no one else will
notice either, and we effectively lose an animal (despite it still
burning electricity to perform those rejected runs).
regards, tom lane