Re: [boost] [Boost-testing] out of date release results?

From: Rene Rivera (grafikrobot_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-08-07 21:23:27

David Abrahams wrote:
> on Wed Aug 06 2008, Beman Dawes <bdawes-AT-acm.org> wrote:
> 
>> Eric Niebler wrote:
>>> Beman Dawes wrote:
>>>> Eric Niebler wrote:
>>>>> Just spoke with Rene about this ...
>>>>>
>>>>> Eric Niebler wrote:
>>>>>> How come the "report time" on nearly every page of release test
>>>>>> results is dated July 15th?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> For example:
>>>>>> http://www.boost.org/development/tests/release/developer/summary_release.html 
>>>>>>
>>>> AFAIK, that's the wrong page to be looking at. The page I use to
>>>> make decisions is
>>>> http://beta.boost.org/development/tests/release/developer/summary.html
>>> Whew, thanks Beman! How do you get to that page? I go to boost.org,
>>> click on "Development", and then on "Release Summary".
>> I don't look at www.boost.org, because I assume it applies to the
>> current release.
>>
>> Instead I look at beta.boost.org, because I assume it applies to the
>> release under development.
> 
> Can we expect developers (and other interested parties) to figure out
> that they need to look at a hidden site to find this information?  And
> doesn't the fact that it's a beta mean that it could churn and make the
> results unavailable or wrong without warning?  Shouldn't our most
> important testing results be hosted in a stable environment?  It's
> common to have a "development" or "developers" link that takes you to
> materials about the unreleased code on the front page of a project's
> site.
> 
> Sounds like the current arrangement is not very user-friendly.  Can we
> change it?

Perhaps you should read my various replies in this thread.

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