Jenkins jobs builder job-group parameter substitution not working

[Gabriele Cerami]

Documentation states that, when defining a job-group "The jobs: list can also allow for specifying job-specific substitutions "

I'm using version 0.7.0.18.g72c02d4 and (copying the doc example) this does not work for me:

- job-template:
    name: '{name}-build'
    description: |
        {pipeline-next}

- job-template:
    name: '{name}-upload'

- job-group:
    name: python-jobs
    jobs:
      - '{name}-build':
          pipeline-next: '{name}-upload'
      - '{name}-upload':
          pipeline-next: ''

- project:
    name: foo
    jobs:
      - python-jobs

when I test this configuration the output XML contains only

 <project>
  <actions/>
  <description>{name}-upload

and not the expected foo-upload

[Khai Do (zaro0508)]

The example in the doc is misleading. JJB currently will do substitution on the jobs 'list' but not on the parameters of the 'list'. Substitution on job list parameters would be a new feature. I think i will change the documentation so it's less misleading to users. I will leave this issue open as a feature request.

[OpenStack Infra (hudson-openstack)]

Reviewed: https://review.openstack.org/96309
Committed: https://git.openstack.org/cgit/openstack-infra/jenkins-job-builder/commit/?id=2d1494d3a3e996da8d734fbc2e6b209c2d3ba477
Submitter: Jenkins
Branch: master

commit 2d1494d3a3e996da8d734fbc2e6b209c2d3ba477
Author: Khai Do <email address hidden>
Date: Wed May 28 16:15:16 2014 -0700

    remove misleading jjb example

    Change I059f38d0aa8a8947aaac75e0ddb34d392063ece3 added support for
    passing parameters to jobs in groups but not for variable substitution
    on those parameters. Substitution on job list parameters would
    be a new feature. This change removes a misleading parameter subsitution
    example.

    Partial-bug: #1298568
    Change-Id: I18e28bb622f0473f049963ce6dcf6c4efd11dc2c

[Peter Eisentraut (petere)]

The current documentation for the "Job Group" facility no longer makes use of any job-group stanza. The code example is basically just an combination of job template and project, nothing about job groups.

[Khai Do (zaro0508)]

Peter, not sure what you mean. The JJB doc does have an example for job-group. http://ci.openstack.org/jenkins-job-builder/definition.html#job-group