Re: Multi-OS Emacs buildbot?

[Pankaj Jangid]

Thien-Thi Nguyen <ttn@gnuvola.org> writes:

> It sounds like you're talking about "continuous" vs "transient".
>
> What you seek is the first in a series of failures, no matter
> the subsequent outcomes, in an attempt to reduce the variables.
>
> No matter the subsequent outcomes, because if they are:
>
> (a) success (transient state) we still might be legitimately
>     worried about that failure mode re-appearing;
>
> (b) failure (continuous state) we want to debug w/ as few
>     changes as possibile (reducing the variability).
>
> Bottom line: first failure is easier to debug (usually :-D).
>
> Did i miss anything?

You have covered more. :-) For my simple case, I was interested in (b)
only. (a) may be too complex. If a subsequent build is ‘success’ then it
could mean two things - (1) the issue is fixed (2) another commit has
caused it to behave. If we have a good test case coverage then nothing
to worry in case of (a).