Where there's smoke signals...

In a previous post, I briefly described how we were using cc_campfire_notifier to get build success/failure notifications in campfire. cc_campfire_notifier has lost momentum over the last couple of months. Since we actively rely on the notifier for several projects, we've now forked it as smoke_signals.

The first release offers the following improvements:

• Each notification includes a link back to the CruiseControl.rb build (so you have one-click access to the full details for each build).
• Recognizes apr_error errors as SVN errors (so you'll spend less time scratching your head over generic build failure messages).
• Speaks once into the campfire room whenever an unexpected error occurs (as opposed to speaking once per line in the backtrace).

Check out the notifier's home page for installation instructions or head on over to GitHub to browse the code.