Re: [boost] Boost regression notification (2006-10-08 [RC_1_34_0])

From: Doug Gregor (dgregor_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-10-09 10:05:22

On Oct 8, 2006, at 8:30 PM, Stephan T. Lavavej wrote:

> [Douglas Gregor]
>> 1570 failures in 26 libraries (1519 are from non-broken
>> platforms)
>
> [Arkadiy Vertleyb]
>> Now, this looks scary, onless one figures out that there is
>> an error in interpreting regression results, and only 51
>> failures seem to be from non-broken platforms :-)
>
> [Douglas Gregor]
>> The wording is intended to scare developers into fixing bugs
>> :)
>
> Arkadiy's point is not that the 1570 looks scary, but that it  
> should say
> either:
>
> "1570 failures in 26 libraries (51 are from non-broken platforms)"

Oh, I see. Thanks Arkadiy, Stephan; it should be fixed now.

        Doug