Re: [boost] Ceci n'est pas un regression report

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-07-18 10:51:34

Gennaro Prota <gennaro_prota_at_[hidden]> writes:

> On Mon, 17 Jul 2006 22:00:11 -0500, Rene Rivera
> <grafikrobot_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>
>>I think that was an accident on my part as it ran two reports on the 
>>same day and the list server (or gmane) grouped them together. So I 
>>guess if we want to take advantage of that for threading we would need 
>>to remove the date from the subject.
>>
>>Although doing that might make them less visible as they would be 
>>grouped with really old threads. And some mail/thread readers would 
>>place those way behind "current" messages.
>
> True. Maybe we could just have the release candidate number in the
> subject, so all regression reports concerning the same release would
> be grouped? It would be nice to be able, at any time (and from
> anywhere), to go, let's say, here:
>
>
> <http://www.nabble.com/Boost-regression-notification-%282006-07-15--RC_1_34_0-%29-tf1947969.html>
>
> and see how regressions were gradually fixed. It might also be
> instructive and make us notice some "wrong trend" that we just miss in
> the mess of numbers right now. Just an idea...

Having the same subject line does not necessarily cause messages to be
grouped in a proper threading mail/news reader.  I believe that's done
by the "References:" header or something.

-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
www.boost-consulting.com