Re: [boost] [uuid] - release schedule

Subject: Re: [boost] [uuid] - release schedule
From: Andy Tompkins (atompkins_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-12-14 23:18:39

On Mon, 14 Dec 2009 20:46 +0000, "Daniel James"
<daniel_james_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> 2009/12/14 Andy Tompkins <atompkins_at_[hidden]>:
> > Hi release managers,
> >
> > I have been working to get the uuid library to pass for the different
> > toolsets in trunk.  The only failures (since my last check in, changeset
> > 58370) are for 'codegear' and 'siliconman', which have to do with the
> > random library or the test library, both of which have lots of failures
> > as well.  Should I somehow mark them as expected failures?  Or is there
> > a way (for test at least) to use the test library differently than I am?
> 
> You can mark them as expected failures by editing
> 'status/explicit-failures-markup.xml'. Hopefully, it's clear how to do
> that from the existing entries. Remember to validate the xml before
> checking (instructions are in the file).
> 
> This isn't that time to change it, but you don't have to use
> Boost.Test if you don't want to, there's a very simple test library at
> 'boost/detail/lightweight_test.hpp'. It's a lot more portable,
> although it only has a small subset of Boost.Test's features. You can
> see other libraries' tests for examples (eg. bind, exception,
> filesystem, flyweight, smart_ptr), the most important thing is to
> remember to end your main function with 'return
> ::boost::report_errors()'.

Good to know.  Thanks.
 
> > Do you want me (I assume me) to put the uuid library into the release
> > branch?  I know this is the last day to add new libraries.  I am not
> > trying to push it in.  I just want to do know what you want me to do.
> > Wait until the next release or put it in this release?
> 
> Don't merge to release until you get our go ahead, there are few
> things we need to check first. I think the library's in pretty good
> shape at the moment, so it's okay if it's merged to release a little
> late because we held you up. Our checklist is here:
> 
> https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/wiki/ReleasePractices/ManagerCheckList#NewLibraryChecklist
> 
> I've added your library to the root index.html file, and will add it
> to the website. The inspect results are clean, so I think the only
> things left to do are to check the documentation and make sure the
> test results are fine.
> 
> I get the following when I run test_generators on darwin ppc. Could it
> be an endian issue?
> 
> Running 1 test case...
> test_generators.cpp:95: error in "test_main_caller( argc, argv )":
> check u == wcorrect failed [86426ef2-6bb9-5e5b-9346-537c41af5346 !=
> 5becf207-1cd2-5966-8b44-f57f230a68b9]
> test_generators.cpp:103: error in "test_main_caller( argc, argv )":
> check u == wcorrect failed [86426ef2-6bb9-5e5b-9346-537c41af5346 !=
> 5becf207-1cd2-5966-8b44-f57f230a68b9]
> 
> *** 2 failures detected in test suite "Test Program"
> 
> EXIT STATUS: 201
> 
> Daniel
>