web: add comment explaining null start_time values

Explain why kojiweb falls back to creation_ts when start_ts is
unavailable. Thanks MikeM for the explanation.
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Ken Dreyer 2021-01-25 10:10:58 -07:00
parent fba9c12932
commit 5c3425b32b

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@ -1300,6 +1300,11 @@ def buildinfo(environ, buildID):
if field not in values:
values[field] = None
# We added the start_time field in 2015 as part of Koji's content
# generator feature. Builds before that point have a null value for
# start_time. Fall back to creation_ts in those cases.
# Currently new_build() has data.setdefault('start_time', 'NOW'), so all
# recent builds should have a value for the field.
values['start_ts'] = build.get('start_ts') or build['creation_ts']
# the build start time is not accurate for maven and win builds, get it from the
# task start time instead