[Toaster] Design - Cancelling builds

[sujith h]

On Thu, Sep 3, 2015 at 4:53 PM, Barros Pena, Belen <
belen.barros.pena at intel.com> wrote:

>
>
> 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:
> >
> >>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.
>

Sorry for a dumb suggestion, wouldn't killing all instances of bitbake,
help?


> >
> >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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