Re: [boost] [1.34.0] [thread] [graph] finish markup sync

From: Anthony Williams (anthony_w.geo_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-01-26 04:15:56

Vladimir Prus <ghost_at_[hidden]> writes:

> Anthony Williams wrote:
>
>> Vladimir Prus <ghost_at_[hidden]> writes:
>> 
>>> Anthony Williams wrote:
>>>
>>>> Vladimir Prus <ghost_at_[hidden]> writes:
>>>> 
>>>>> I've checked in the attached patches to:
>>>>>
>>>>> 1. Merge changes to required toolset list from RC to HEAD
>>>>> 2. Merge a couple of new test markups fron HEAD to RC.
>>>>>
>>>>> (2) applies to graph and thread libraries. I've verified that the
>>>>> mentioned tests exist on RC; if the library authors believe those
>>>>> changes should not be on RC, just say.
>>>> 
>>>>> +        <mark-expected-failures>
>>>>> +            <test name="test_barrier_lib"/>
>>>>> +            <toolset name="msvc-8.0"/>
>>>>> +            <note author="Aleksey Gurtovoy" refid="6"/>
>>>>> +        </mark-expected-failures>
>>>>> +
>>>>> +        <mark-expected-failures>
>>>>> +            <test name="test_thread"/>
>>>>> +            <toolset name="msvc-7.1"/>
>>>>> +            <note author="Aleksey Gurtovoy" refid="6"/>
>>>>> +        </mark-expected-failures>
>>>> 
>>>> I don't think there should be any expected failures for the thread
>>>> library on msvc.
>>>
>>> Why there's one on HEAD? Should the markup be removed on HEAD and RC,
>>> just HEAD, just RC, or something else?
>> 
>> The markup should be removed on RC. As Roland explained, the new work on
>> the thread lib is happening on a branch (it started as a major rewrite,
>> and includes some breaking changes), so HEAD is pretty much orphaned. It's
>> probably best to keep HEAD in sync with the RC branch for now.
>
> I'm sorry, I'm still lost. Above you say:
>
>    It's probably best to keep HEAD in sync with the RC branch for now.
>
> If I remove markup from RC branch, the HEAD will no longer be in sync with RC.
> Is that what you want?

Sorry for not being clear. The above was a round-about way of saying "remove
the markup from RC and HEAD".

Anthony
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