Re: [Boost-testing] Tarball vs Subversion

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-10-16 17:16:01

on Wed Oct 10 2007, Beman Dawes <bdawes-AT-acm.org> wrote:

> The tarball download still seems to be broken, and neither of our two 
> contacts at OSL has responded to email.
>
> This is the third (at least) tarball problem in the last couple of 
> months, and the second in the last 10 days.
>
> Meanwhile, the testers using Subversion instead of downloading the 
> tarball continue to run smoothly.
>
>  From my perspective of a release manager, tests that don't cycle 
> regularly are a tremendous frustration and major impediment to timely 
> releases. Thomas Witt also voiced that for the releases he managed.
>
> I know testers have various valid reasons for using the tarball 
> approach, but I would appreciate any testers who possibly can switch to 
> Subversion updates. If you need help doing so, please post something here.

FWIW, http://www.boost-consulting.com/boost.tar.bz2 is an hourly
snapshot of the trunk.

-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
http://www.boost-consulting.com