Hi,

Am 13.02.2014 um 12:35 schrieb Mark Dixon:

> On Wed, 5 Feb 2014, Reuti wrote:
> ...
>> This is for sure a matter of discussion. One could also argue, that because 
>> of the E state the admin should take proper action and remove the condition 
>> which caused the error. After this, the job should get the priority it 
>> deserves to instantly. If it is a bigger problem, the admin could put the 
>> job on hold. And this puzzles me more: although the job is put on hold, it 
>> still keeps the priority it once got.
>> 
>> For other waiting jobs it's working: attaching and removing the hold will 
>> recalculate the priority every time.
> ...
> 
> Sorry, I'm not clear: are you agreeing or disagreeing?

I have no final opinion on it. Both arguments have a point.


> I'm not sure of your argument about the job getting its deserved priority 
> instantly:- if it didn't attract priority while in 'E', it would get it at 
> the scheduling run after the state was cleared.

Yes - some kind of race condition for one scheduling cycle where an uneligible 
job might start accidentally, although the erroneous job is no longer in error 
state.

-- Reuti


> Surely, this is all that matters? Or is that what you meant?
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Mark
> 
> (sorry for delay - got distracted on a training course)
> 
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