Untangle status label and text in ci status helper

app/helpers/ci_status_helper.rb

@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ module CiStatusHelper
   end
 
   def ci_status_with_icon(status, target = nil)
-    content = ci_icon_for_status(status) + ci_label_for_status(status)
-    klass = "ci-status ci-#{status}" # TODO, add support for detailed status
+    content = ci_icon_for_status(status) + ci_text_for_status(status)
+    klass = "ci-status ci-#{status}"
 
     if target
       link_to content, target, class: klass
@@ -15,6 +15,14 @@ module CiStatusHelper
     end
   end
 
+  def ci_text_for_status(status)
+    if detailed_status?(status)
+      status.text
+    else
+      status
+    end
+  end
+
   def ci_label_for_status(status)
     if detailed_status?(status)
       return status.label

lib/gitlab/ci/status/core.rb

@@ -22,6 +22,17 @@ module Gitlab
           "#{@subject.class.name.demodulize}: #{label}"
         end
 
+        # Deprecation warning: this method is here because we need to maintain
+        # backwards compatibility with legacy statuses. We often do something
+        # like "ci-status ci-status-#{status}" to set CSS class.
+        #
+        # `to_s` method should be renamed to `group` at some point, after
+        # phasing legacy satuses out.
+        #
+        def to_s
+          self.class.name.demodulize.downcase
+        end
+
         def has_details?
           raise NotImplementedError
         end