Re: [PATCH v2] tools: check for pending test status when parsing emails

[Aaron Conole <aconole@redhat.com>]

Patrick Robb <probb@iol.unh.edu> writes:

> Today, the community CI infrastructure only uses post-result reporting,
> such as "SUCCESS", "FAILED", and "WARNING".  These results get reported
> only after a test finishes.  This creates some confusion about whether a
> test might have been started for the series in question.  It isn't easy
> to tell at-a-glance which tests are currently running for a given patch
> or series.
>
> This patch aims to introduce support for a "PENDING" state in the CI
> infrastructure.  This allows labs to indicate which tests have started
> and are awaiting results.  That means test writers should now send a
> "PENDING" status for tests as they start, and then update with a
> post-test result after.  With this change, understanding which tests ran
> at-a-glance is something we can achieve.
>
> This change should have no affect on the actual tests being run.
>
> Signed-off-by: Patrick Robb <probb@iol.unh.edu>
> ---

Thanks Patrick and Ali - applied.