## page was renamed from BuildersIndexPage ||<>|| == Purpose == The /builders page should enable users in general to view the current status of the build farm. == Target user audience == * The primary users of this page are technically very adept Launchpad users / administrators. PPA users also use this page to see how many builders are assigned to PPAs. == Use-cases == === Checking the status of the farm === James navigates directly to /builders and sees a table listing all active builders in Launchpad with the following headers: * Name: the builder unique name. * Processor: the builder processor name. * Virtual: whether a builder is virtual or native (Official or PPA) * Manual: whether a builder is accepting jobs automatically or not * Status: textual description of the build status (disabled|Building xxx|Idle) He can order the table inline by any its columns === Finding out how many jobs are in queue === Rob navigates directly to /builders and sees a portlet listing the queue size of each category of builders (Official and PPA) for each existing/supported processors. == Mockup == {{attachment:buildfarm.png}} == Known issues == 1. systematically fails to render the bottom border of its on firefox. 1. ''Virtual'' column needs clarification: We should probably say 'PPA' and 'Official' 1. ''Mode'' column also needs clarification: we should probably include this aspect on the status textual description (the problem is that IBuilder.status is already messy and half-broken) 1. The default ordering on the Builder list table (arch, virtualized, name) is suboptimal for this layout.