Clarify 'likely stuck' help text.

jenkinsci / build-timeout-plugin

Jenkins build-timeout plugin

https://plugins.jenkins.io/build-timeout/

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Closed Wilfred closed 8 years ago

Wilfred commented 8 years ago

The previous help text simply referenced the source code, which isn't helpful for most users.

ikedam commented 8 years ago

+1 for fixing the text. The current help text is completely useless.
-1 for describing the detailed implementation.
- As described in isLikelyStuck, it is a heuristics based approach and there's not so concrete reason for that implementation.
- Many users get confused like "Why 10 times?"
A text like "Aborts when Jenkins find it likely stucked, that is, when the progress bar gets red." would be better.

Wilfred commented 8 years ago

How about "Abort the build when the job has taken many times longer than past runs"?

ikedam commented 8 years ago

Sounds good!

Wilfred commented 8 years ago

Updated :)

ikedam commented 8 years ago

Thanks for the update.

ikedam commented 8 years ago

Released as build-timeout 1.17.