From: Jeff Squyres (jsquyres_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-09-11 09:34:12
Ok, I can agree in principle what what you're saying.
I am just worried that we'll end up with a complicated hierarchy of
descriptions. Can you make a concrete proposal for all the use-cases?
On Sep 6, 2007, at 10:10 AM, Ethan Mallove wrote:
> On Wed, Sep/05/2007 08:44:19PM, Jeff Squyres wrote:
>> On Sep 4, 2007, at 12:36 PM, Ethan Mallove wrote:
>>
>>> reporter.php has a search field for "description", but which
>>> phase is that for? MPI Install, Test build, or Test run? A
>>> scenario is that Sun will have a home-grown "funclet_files"
>>> funclet set the "description" in the Install phase (e.g., a
>>> label identifying which ISO is being tested). It would be
>>> useful to have one of two things:
>>>
>>> * [easier] Have the "description" fields broken out in
>>> reporter by phase. E.g.,
>>> * MPI Install description
>>> * Test build description
>>> * Test run description
>>
>> Hmm. That makes at least one [potentially] common case difficult: I
>> used the same description for all my phases, and want to find any
>> results anywhere that have that description (i.e., I'd have to enter
>> it 3 times).
>>
>
> We'll leave a phase-less description field too, so:
>
> * All phases description
> * MPI Install description
> * Test build description
> * Test run description
>
>
>>> * [harder] Be able to have a phase description carry over
>>> to subsequent phases. I think the logic should work like
>>> this: if an MPI Install has a description, then this
>>> description will carry-over to its Test build and Test
>>> runs if another description is not specified in those
>>> post-MPI-Install phases. (Same for Test build.)
>>
>> Hmm. So test builds have 2 descriptions, and test runs have 3
>> descriptions?
>>
>
> No. Still one description per phase, but if description is
> empty for a subsequent phase, we copy over the description
> from the earlier phase.
>
>
>> How do you see this data being used in the reporter -- can you
>> provide a use-case?
>>
>
> So currently, if I set description in MPI Install and I'm in
> Test run view in reporter.php, then filtering on
> "description" assumes I'm looking for a description in Test
> run. This is a problem because I did not set description in
> Test run. I need the MPI Install's description.
>
>> Is this a different way of looking at https://svn.open-mpi.org/trac/
>> mtt/ticket/302?
>>
>
> No, but this is certainly a related ticket.
>
> -Ethan
>
>
>> --
>> Jeff Squyres
>> Cisco Systems
>>
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