Currently when a build fails, Hudson just sends mail (if so configured) to those
who committed changes to the build. In fact it ought to send mail to everyone
who committed to any immediately preceding failed builds, i.e. accumulate
recipients until the breakage is fixed. This is because the usual case is that a
commit in the first broken build has not been fixed several builds later;
occasionally someone else introduces an unrelated problem. Continuing to notify
the original culprit keeps pressure on them, and helps other committers to see
that they are not necessarily at fault.
Originally reported by 
jglick, imported from: List of possible culprits for repeated failed builds should be cumulative
- status: Closed
- priority: Major
- component(s): mailer-plugin
- resolution: Fixed
- resolved: 2007-09-10T09:15:23+00:00
- votes: 0
- watchers: 0
- imported: 20251211-223321
Raw content of original issue
Currently when a build fails, Hudson just sends mail (if so configured) to those
who committed changes to the build. In fact it ought to send mail to everyone
who committed to any immediately preceding failed builds, i.e. accumulate
recipients until the breakage is fixed. This is because the usual case is that a
commit in the first broken build has not been fixed several builds later;
occasionally someone else introduces an unrelated problem. Continuing to notify
the original culprit keeps pressure on them, and helps other committers to see
that they are not necessarily at fault.
- environment:
Platform: All, OS: All
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Currently when a build fails, Hudson just sends mail (if so configured) to those
who committed changes to the build. In fact it ought to send mail to everyone
who committed to any immediately preceding failed builds, i.e. accumulate
recipients until the breakage is fixed. This is because the usual case is that a
commit in the first broken build has not been fixed several builds later;
occasionally someone else introduces an unrelated problem. Continuing to notify
the original culprit keeps pressure on them, and helps other committers to see
that they are not necessarily at fault.
Originally reported by
jglick, imported from: List of possible culprits for repeated failed builds should be cumulative
Raw content of original issue
Platform: All, OS: All1 attachment