[JIRA] [core] (JENKINS-26520) Environment Variables BUILD_ID and BUILD_NUMBER now return the same value

[dan...@beckweb.net (JIRA)]

Daniel Beck commented on JENKINS-26520 Environment Variables BUILD_ID and BUILD_NUMBER now return the same value I do not understand why someone would change this without providing an alternative. You're using BUILD_ID for something other than identifying builds, which it is meant for. So sure, it was documented as being a time stamp, but it's not unencumbered with other uses. Breaking someone's code with no compelling reason seems, well just wrong. The previous BUILD_ID format required tons of additional code and had several limitations, which have all been fixed by switching to build numbers. Looks like a compelling reason to me. Best would be to change it back to the way it was. OK would be to provide a new environment variable. Preferably with the same format. Neither going back to the old storage format, nor using a value for BUILD_ID which isn't actually the build ID, are sane options going forward IMO. A new variable should be easy to add, if maybe only in a plugin.

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