Folder description manipulates the All view description

[weshouman]

folderJob.description & folderJob.set_description() get and set the All view's description instead of the job folder description.
If we have multiple views, the other views aren't touched.

[joelee2012]

yes, it's same in UI. you have to edit the configuration of folder to update description. to update description of other views, you can use view.description and view.set_description('xxx')

[weshouman]

Changing a job's description should literally change the job's description not its All view's description. Otherwise, if one had important details attached to this view's description it would get wiped out.

For the GUI: I actually find changing the Job's description only through an extra view less intuitive, but that's another topic.

[joelee2012]

yes, i know, this lib post description to endpoint <jekins url>/job/<some folder>/submitDescription to set description, ideally it should set description for folder, but seems not.

[weshouman]

Indeed, running the following command modifies the All view's description too

curl -s -XPOST 'http:localhost/PATH/TO/JOB/submitDescription' --data "description=New Description" -H "application/x-www-form-urlencoded" -u "USERNAME:PASSWORD"

[joelee2012]

yes, that's what i said. maybe the folder plugin should make some change.