Another user pointed out that the "Rebuild" plugin ( https://wiki.jenkins-ci.org/display/JENKINS/Rebuild+Plugin ) does what I'm asking for. I've hooked it up, and indeed it does. So I withdraw my complaint about the lack of a plugin! :)
On Wednesday, October 30, 2013 6:37:18 PM UTC-7, Stabledog wrote: > > That would be fantastic! I'd do it myself if I had any experience doing > Jenkins plugins... but it seems like a lengthy learning curve for this one > feature :) > > > On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 6:35 PM, Slide wrote: > >> This would indeed be useful, I'll see about implementing something and >> submitting either a pull request, or creating a new plugin for it. >> >> >> On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 6:09 PM, Stabledog wrote: >> >>> I have used Jenkins for years. The one thing that I find perpetually >>> annoying is the absence of a "retry" button -- seems like this should be >>> present on any page which shows information about a past build... "scrape >>> the parameters, and start it again". Simple, yes? Obvious? I would >>> think so? >>> >>> But googling the topic reveals a vast silence. Nobody is complaining >>> about having to cut-and-paste the parameters from a previous job, one at a >>> time, onto the build-params page (which always supplies the defaults). >>> How can it be that nobody else is bothered by this? >>> >>> So I think "I must just be missing the feature..." and I scan each page >>> more carefully, and go look for plugins which do this. Nothing. >>> >>> Am I really the only one who thinks this is serious inconvenience? We >>> have plugins to let jenkins drive a coffeemaker, but not to restart a job >>> without a lot of data entry? >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Jenkins Users" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Website: http://earl-of-code.com >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >> Google Groups "Jenkins Users" group. >> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/jenkinsci-users/d18PVge32s0/unsubscribe >> . >> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Jenkins Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
