Thinktank: CI's, compiler lists, and project automation

[Nick Sabalausky (Abscissa)]

On 03/04/2018 02:05 AM, Nick Sabalausky (Abscissa) wrote:
> On 03/03/2018 10:22 AM, Jacob Carlborg wrote:
>>
>> You should get an email notification about failed builds [1] [2],
> 
> Weird. Never worked for me. Will have to check into that.
> 

Ahh, it looks like travis disregards the github email address (perhaps 
it can't access it, or indirectly tell github to email me?), and the 
only way to receive travis email notifications is to expose the desired 
email address to the general public via either .travis.yml or the git 
commit author.

(Un)fortunately, I have a far more effective, reliable method of 
filtering spam than the "state of the art" gmail heuristics: I run a 
mail server, create domain-specific email addresses, and delete any 
accounts that get spammed (knowing full well who it was that leaked my 
email). I was never stupid enough to configure git with a legitimate 
email address I actually check...I have better things to do than fight 
spam and regularly check some "spam folder".

Travis (not to mention Git itself) doesn't appear to support the 
post-1980 reality of email, ie, "Publicly-posted addressed WILL be 
spammed, hard"), thus, even though I get GitHub notifications just fine, 
I haven't been getting notifications from travis even though its linked 
to my github account.

</rant>