Re: Buildfarm feature request: some way to track/classify failures

Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> Andrew Dunstan wrote:
>
>
>> The buildfarm works because it leverages our strength, namely automating
>> things. But all the tagging suggestions I've seen will involve regular,
>> repetitive and possibly boring work, precisely the thing we are not good
>> at as a group.
>>
>
> You may be forgetting that Martijn and others tagged the
> scan.coverity.com database. Now, there are some untagged errors, but
> I'd say that that's because we don't control the tool, so we cannot fix
> it if there are false positives. We do control the buildfarm however,
> so we can develop systematic solutions for widespread problems (instead
> of forcing us to checking and tagging every single occurance of
> widespread problems).
>
>

Well, I'm sure we can provide appropriate access or data for anyone who
wants to do research in this area and prove me wrong.

cheers

andrew