PPA build status U/I misleading

[Scott Kitterman]

See the attached screen shot. The column is called 'Built', but if it lists specific architectures, they are NOT built. Rather the opposite of what the column header says. To understand the page requires understanding icons that are not anywhere described and do not even had a tooltip to say what they are.

[Martin Albisetti (beuno)]

I agree it can be improved.

We should:
- Change the column header from "Built" to "Build Status"
- Add explicit text next to the icon (Building/Built/Failed)

Thanks for the report!

[Michael Nelson (michael.nelson)]

I've made a patch that implements the suggestion above with the addition of tooltips on both the icon and the link (see attached screenshot).

That is, the following additions have been made:
(1) renaming of the column to 'Build Status'
(2) addition of the textual description within the content of the table cell
(3) addition of tooltips on both the icon and link, which contain the same textual description as in (2).

My impression is that (1) and (3) would be sufficiently clear and that perhaps (2) is only cluttering up the interface?

I'll add a second screenshot without (2)...

[Scott Kitterman (kitterman)]

What would some build failure and some still building look like?

[Michael Nelson (michael.nelson)]

Here's the screenshot with just (1) and (3). I'll commit the fix like this for the moment. If anyone objects, just let me know.

[Michael Nelson (michael.nelson)]

Hi Scott,

I don't have a visual to answer with, but looking at the code, basically if any build is still being built then the failures aren't displayed. Failures will only be displayed once all builds have finished.

[Michael Nelson (michael.nelson)]

Fixed in r7297. See https://staging.launchpad.net/~cprov/+archive as an example.