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From: daniel_james_at_[hidden]
Date: 2008-09-02 19:12:35


Author: danieljames
Date: 2008-09-02 19:12:34 EDT (Tue, 02 Sep 2008)
New Revision: 48548
URL: http://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/changeset/48548

Log:
Tidy up the testing page.

Text files modified:
   website/public_html/beta/development/testing.html | 89 ++++++++++++++++++++-------------------
   1 files changed, 46 insertions(+), 43 deletions(-)

Modified: website/public_html/beta/development/testing.html
==============================================================================
--- website/public_html/beta/development/testing.html (original)
+++ website/public_html/beta/development/testing.html 2008-09-02 19:12:34 EDT (Tue, 02 Sep 2008)
@@ -37,24 +37,25 @@
 
             <div class="section-body" style="width: 796; height: 1802">
               <ul class="toc">
-
                 <li>Regression Tests</li>
 
                 <li>Inspection Reports</li>
 
                 <li>Release Branch Snapshots</li>
 
- <li><a href="#Acknowledgements"><a href="#Introduction">More
- about regression tests</a></a>Acknowledgements</li>
+ <li><a href="#Introduction">More about regression
+ tests</a></li>
+
+ <li>Acknowledgements</li>
               </ul>
 
               <h2><a name="RegressionTesting" id=
               "RegressionTesting"></a>Regression Tests</h2>
 
- <p>A group of volunteers donate CPU cycles and large amounts
- of disk space to collectively produce the regression testing
- result tables. Various Boost repository versions are tested for the
- benefit of library developers and interested users:</p>
+ <p>A group of volunteers donate CPU cycles and large amounts of
+ disk space to collectively produce the regression testing
+ result tables. Various Boost repository versions are tested for
+ the benefit of library developers and interested users:</p>
 
               <table summary="Regression Results">
                 <tr>
@@ -114,31 +115,31 @@
 
                   <td><em>Not available yet</em></td>
                 </tr>
+ </table>
 
- </table>
-
- <h2><a name="Inspection" id="Inspection"></a>Inspection Reports</h2>
+ <h2><a name="Inspection" id="Inspection"></a>Inspection
+ Reports</h2>
 
               <p>The Boost Subversion repository is inspected daily to detect
- problems such as missing copyrights or licenses. The Boost Inspection
- Report tells all!</p>
+ problems such as missing copyrights or licenses. The Boost
+ Inspection Report tells all!</p>
 
               <table summary="Regression Results">
                 <tr>
                   <th>Version</th>
-
                 </tr>
 
                 <tr>
- <td>Main trunk</td>
-
+ <td><a href=
+ "http://mysite.verizon.net/beman/inspect.html">Main
+ trunk</a></td>
                 </tr>
 
                 <tr>
- <td>Release branch</td>
-
+ <td><a href=
+ "http://boost.cowic.de/rc/inspect-snapshot.html">Release
+ branch</a></td>
                 </tr>
-
               </table>
 
               <h2><a name="Snapshots" id="Snapshots"></a>Release Branch
@@ -157,30 +158,32 @@
               <p>The Subversion release branch can be checked out from
               http://svn.boost.org/svn/boost/branches/release.>
 
- <h2><a name="Introduction" id=
- "Introduction"></a>more about regression tests</h2>
+ <h2><a name="Introduction" id="Introduction"></a>More about
+ regression tests</h2>
 
- <p>Will all Boost libraries work with your compiler?&nbsp;
- Unfortunately, the answer is &quot;it depends&quot;. See the <a href=
- "#RegressionTesting">regression testing results</a> to see exactly
- what works and what doesn't.</p>
-
- <p>Boost libraries rely on modern C++ features such as templates
- and the C++ Standard Library.&nbsp; Most modern compilers support
- those major features fairly well. But even today, years after the
- adoption of the C++ Standard, some compilers still don't support
- important minor features like partial template specialization.</p>
-
- <p>Boost library authors often expend a great deal of effort
- trying to work around compiler deficiencies.&nbsp; Nevertheless,
- some libraries will not compile at all with certain compilers or
- may have crippled functionality.&nbsp; Even if the current release
- of a compiler supports a boost library, older versions of the
- compiler may not work properly.</p>
-
- <p>Boost releases are run through regression tests which
- automatically generates compiler status tables for various
- platforms. Unless otherwise indicated, the C++ Standard Library
+ <p>Will all Boost libraries work with your compiler?&nbsp;
+ Unfortunately, the answer is "it depends". See the <a href=
+ "#RegressionTesting">regression testing results</a> to see
+ exactly what works and what doesn't.</p>
+
+ <p>Boost libraries rely on modern C++ features such as
+ templates and the C++ Standard Library.&nbsp; Most modern
+ compilers support those major features fairly well. But even
+ today, years after the adoption of the C++ Standard, some
+ compilers still don't support important minor features like
+ partial template specialization.</p>
+
+ <p>Boost library authors often expend a great deal of effort
+ trying to work around compiler deficiencies.&nbsp;
+ Nevertheless, some libraries will not compile at all with
+ certain compilers or may have crippled functionality.&nbsp;
+ Even if the current release of a compiler supports a boost
+ library, older versions of the compiler may not work
+ properly.</p>
+
+ <p>Boost releases are run through regression tests which
+ automatically generates compiler status tables for various
+ platforms. Unless otherwise indicated, the C++ Standard Library
               implementation is the one shipped with the compiler.</p>
 
               <h3>Warnings:</h3>
@@ -192,8 +195,8 @@
                 deficiencies.</li>
 
                 <li>Some regression tests are run only occasionally, and so
- are relatively out-of-date.&nbsp; Check the date and revision in
- the column heading.</li>
+ are relatively out-of-date.&nbsp; Check the date and revision
+ in the column heading.</li>
               </ul>
 
               <p>The development code is being updated several times a day,


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