On Thu, 2002-03-07 at 12:12, Sam Ruby wrote:
> Josh Lucas wrote:
> >
> >> 1) Be stateful.  A success is only news if the build previously failed, and
> >> vice versa.  This should enable this script to scale quite a bit further.
> >> This will also increase the value of the newsfeed - it will also convey
> >> exactly when something was first noted to be broken and projects which are
> >> perenially broken will cease to be new news.
> >
> > Hmm..  I don't quite understand what you mean.  In a sense, know what
> > happened last time and do 'something' if that value has changed ?
> 
> Let me explain in programmers terms.
> 
> Picture a queue of 16 items.  Prior to scanning the gump log, read in a
> list of the "last known status" for each project.  When reading the gump
> log, discard (i.e., don't put into the RSS feed) every item that does not
> involve a change in state.  Add the remainder to queue.
> 
> Does this help?
> 

Definitely..  Let me see what I can do..


josh

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