Re: [release] Master branch closes for the 1.84.0 beta release TOMORROW

From: Marshall Clow (mclow.lists_at_[hidden])
Date: 2023-11-08 18:45:47

On Nov 8, 2023, at 10:23 AM, Robert Ramey via Boost <boost_at_[hidden]> wrote:
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> On 11/8/23 9:21 AM, Marshall Clow via Boost wrote:
>> On Nov 8, 2023, at 9:00 AM, Robert Ramey via Boost <boost_at_[hidden]> wrote:
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>>> On 11/7/23 7:26 PM, Marshall Clow via Boost wrote:
>>>> Calendar here:
>>>> 	https://www.boost.org/development/
>>>> — The release managers
>>> 
>>> When I go to the test matrix and try to change to the release view, I get an error.
>> That’s odd.
>> When I look at:
>> 	https://www.boost.org/development/tests/master/developer/summary.html
>> I see a large page of results
> 
> OK - there's some confusion here:
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> a) When I want to see the results for a particular library, e.g. serialization, I go to
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> https://www.boost.org/development/tests/develop/developer/serialization.html
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> and get the results I expect
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> If from there I click one the "Release View" link I get an error.
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> b) If I alter the link above to:
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> https://www.boost.org/development/tests/master/developer/serialization.html
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> I also get the results I expect to see. i.e. tests run on one library from the master branch.
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> If from there I click one the "Release View" or "User View" links I get an error.
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> c) If I start from your link:
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> https://www.boost.org/development/tests/master/developer/summary.html
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> I get results for all the libraries for branch master - which I assume is the release view.  So far so good.  If I click the button "Release View" or "User View" I get an error.  I would expect that in this view the "Release View" link would effectively be a no op.
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> d) If I alter your link to https://www.boost.org/development/tests/develop/developer/summary.html to get the develop branch summary.  OK. But the "Release View/User View" links still fail.
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> e) If I click on a specific library, I get results for that library for master or develop depending on the summary page - OK.
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> So to summarize, it seems that the "Release View/User View" links aren't working.
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> Sorry for the long and complex explanation for such as simple point, but I didn't have time to shorten it. (ser Fermat).
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> I haven't investigated how this problem might have arisen, but I use these pages all the time without noticing so I would guess that it might be due to a relatively recent change of something.
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> Thanks for your patience.

Thanks for the explanation.

— Marshall