[boost] Re: Re: [1.33.0] Let's start preparations...

From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-03-09 10:05:24

Douglas Gregor wrote:

>> wow, you want me to only run the tests once a day instead of 4 times?
>> Surely, you're not suggesting that I'd get differing results if I
>> checked out using the same time more than once.
> 
> Obviously, this is not the case. Looking at the summary page, however,
> we get a view across many CVS states, so it's hard to tell which
> version of the source code we're looking at. The answer isn't to submit
> only once per day (more testing is better, always!), but to have at
> least one build from each tester that references the source code at
> 12:00am EST. 

I think the real answer is Subversion with its repository-wide revision
number, which can be shown next to test results. It's much more usable than
date -- I don't even know for sure what's 12:00 EST and how it get it ;-)

- Volodya