Code review comment for lp:~eric97/bzr/dump-btree-api

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    > Is the status of PQM jobs available to non-core folks so we don't
    > have to pester you guys? I found the queue page at
    > http://pqm.bazaar-vcs.org/, but it doesn't list completed jobs,

That's because you don't refresh it often enough[1], if you are very very
lucky you may able to catch the number of failures and if you are even
more lucky you can get the name of the failing test(s).

    > nor offer a link to a page that does.

None exists.

    > All I knew from Launchpad and email was that it had been sent, and
    > then no further status,

...

    > just silence.

Yeah, the painful silence usually means something went wrong :-(

This is certainly one of the worst feedback you could get for a test
failure...

First steps of defense:

- run the full test suite locally,

- run make check | subunit2pyunit locally,

- run make check with python2.4 locally

If they all pass, bangs your head on the desktop (find a soft desktop if
you repeat the later too often) and nag the patch pilot :-/

If you've reached a high enough pain threshold, you can file a bug.

[1]: That's a painful joke if you didn't notice :)