[boost] Usability of http://boost.sourceforge.net/regression-logs

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-01-29 12:20:26

Hi,

This is a minor complaint about the wonderful automatically generated
page at http://boost.sourceforge.net/regression-logs/, and perhaps
also which tables we're generating and how we're generating them.

When I'm interested in finding out how a library is performing on a
given platform, I tend to go to the compilers column and click a
link, expecting to see a table of results for that compiler.  Of
course, it takes me to the vendor's page instead.  I can't tell you
how many times I've made this mistake.

It seems to me that while lib developers may be interested in the "big
table", most users, unless they care extraordinarily about
portability, will want to know about individual compiler results.  I
wonder if we shouldn't be assembling the HTML on-the-fly for all
tables, and just having testers upload jam logs?  I know this goes
against the grain of Beman's desire to produce the HTML with C++ code
because of CGI portability issue, but I have the sense that until we
have a true portable C++ virtual machine this might be the wrong kind
of job for our favorite language.

-Dave

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