Re: [Boost-testing] Policy on updating explicit-failures-markup.xml

From: Doug Gregor (dgregor_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-05-18 08:49:00

On May 16, 2006, at 6:22 PM, AlisdairM wrote:

> Now that the majority of known BCB2006 patches are in, I would like to
> update the explicit-failures-markup.xml document to acknowledge the
> remaining failures.

Great!

> Should I check with library maintainers before marking up the  
> document?
> Or simply update all libraries one hit?

You are most knowledgeable about the compiler, so I'd say just go  
ahead and update all of the libraries in one shot.

> Is it preferred to put comments directly in test-failure?  Or use the
> footnotes?
>
> Other than validating the XML at one of the recommended sites, is  
> there
> anything else I should do before comitting changes back to the release
> branch?

Just validate the XML; that'll be enough.

> [I plan on marking up the release branch, rather than head, as Borland
> is only actively tested on the release branch right now - is that the
> right/wrong way round?]

I suggest also committing them to head now, otherwise we'll go  
through the same exercise again later.

        Doug