[Toaster] Design - Cancelling builds

[Barros Pena, Belen]

On 02/09/2015 15:37, "Barros Pena, Belen" <belen.barros.pena at intel.com>
wrote:

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>On 02/09/2015 15:31, "Reyna, David" <david.reyna at windriver.com> wrote:
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>>Hi Belén,
>>
>>I have just one question about the backend latency, and how the backend
>>does the cancel.
>>
>>It appears that when you click "Cancel" the Toaster GUI immediately
>>transitions to show that the build is cancelled and the "Run Again"
>>button appears. Normally when I cancel a build on the command line it can
>>take several minutes for the tasks to cleanly finish up. That would mean
>>that if the user immediately clicks the "Run Again" button in Toaster the
>>backend may not be ready.
>>
>>So, how is the cancel handled? Does Toaster try the clean way to stop a
>>build, or does it something radical like killing the build thread?
>
>These are really good questions. The answer is I don't know. I guess some
>discussion is needed about the technical implementation details of this
>feature. 
>
>If a delay is likely between clicking 'cancel' and the build being
>stopped, we can create a 'cancelling' state for builds in the UI. I will
>make sure to add that to the design document.

I've updated the design to include a 'cancelling' state. Attached to

https://bugzilla.yoctoproject.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6787

Belén

>
>Cheers
>
>Belén
>
>>
>>- David
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: toaster-bounces at yoctoproject.org [mailto:toaster-
>>> bounces at yoctoproject.org] On Behalf Of Barros Pena, Belen
>>> Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 2015 5:48 AM
>>> To: toaster at yoctoproject.org
>>> Subject: [Toaster] Design - Cancelling builds
>>>
>>> We have been speaking about letting users cancel builds at any point
>>> during the build process. We have a Bugzilla entry for that
>>>
>>> https://bugzilla.yoctoproject.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6787
>>>
>>> Which now has design attached to it. It should not be controversial in
>>>any
>>> way, but if you have any questions / comments, let me know.
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>> Belén
>>>
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