In buildbot's waterfall page, the buttons show the status of each build step. If the step runs, it simply shows 'Ran'. I want to edit this to give better info to the user. Where can I add this change from?
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The answer depends on what version of buildbot you are running. – Mike Kinghan Jul 11 '15 at 18:21
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Never mind! it worked. – 277roshan Jul 13 '15 at 18:51
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In that case you may care to *accept* my answer: [Here's how](http://stackoverflow.com/help/accepted-answer). Your question then ceases to appear unanswered to SO users. You get some reputation points, and so do I. – Mike Kinghan Jul 13 '15 at 18:56
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From the documentation of buidlbot 8.12, the keyword parameters of all buildsteps include:-
description
This will be used to describe the command (on the Waterfall display) while the command is still running. It should be a single imperfect-tense verb, like compiling or testing. The preferred form is a list of short strings, which allows the HTML displays to create narrower columns by emitting a
tag between each word. You may also provide a single string.descriptionDone
This will be used to describe the command once it has finished. A simple noun like compile or tests should be used. Like description, this may either be a list of short strings or a single string.
In the python definitions of your buildsteps, you should set the descriptionDone
keyword parameter to an appropriate description for the completion of each buildstep.
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I tried adding descriptionDone=["Completed"] to the buildstep, but it produced error. – 277roshan Jul 13 '15 at 18:45
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You would need to post the code of a buildstep that produces the error, and also the python backtrace of the error, to enable anyone to help further. – Mike Kinghan Jul 13 '15 at 18:51