[GHC] #13240: Make it easier to find builds we may want to cancel

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#13240: Make it easier to find builds we may want to cancel
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        Reporter:  dfeuer            |                Owner:  mpickering
            Type:  feature request   |               Status:  new
        Priority:  normal            |            Milestone:  8.4.1
       Component:  Trac & Git        |              Version:  8.0.1
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Comment (by dfeuer):

 Replying to [comment:2 nomeata]:
 > Is that a problem worth investing manpower in, instead of throwing
 computing power at it?
 >
 > Also,
 >
 > > Someone pushed several versions of a single differential, and it seems
 clear that only the most recent version is likely to be of interest.
 >
 > whether only the most recent version is of interest is something that we
 may only know later.

 Yes, we would prefer to throw more computing power in, but we don't have
 it. And yes, it's true that there can be surprisingly interesting features
 in just about any build. If we had sufficient build resources, we would
 certainly want to run them all so we could catch those gems. But in
 reality our build resources are extremely limited; we have to decide
 between letting things pile up over the course of the day, hoping that
 they'll be cleared up overnight, and losing some potentially useful
 information.

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