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From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-11-15 18:12:33
on Thu Nov 15 2007, Beman Dawes <bdawes-AT-acm.org> wrote:
> David Abrahams wrote:
>
>> We've removed the BittenToDo page and entered the things we could
>> think of to do as tickets. See
>> https://boost-consulting.com/trac/projects/boost/query?status=accepted&status=assigned&status=new&status=reopened&order=priority&col=id&col=summary&col=status&col=type&col=priority&col=milestone&col=component&row=description
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> #8, Automatic ticket creation, is questionable in my mind.
>
> What often happens is that there is some testing snafu that causes a
> huge number of tests to fail. I'd hate to see a tracker littered with
> tickets for each of the failed tests.
Obviously we'd have to be smarter about it. For example, if more than
10% of a library's tests are failing we should create one ticket, and
if a platform is failing (nearly) everything, we should create a
ticket for the machine owner.
> #4, Show output for failed tests, and #2, Support expected failures
> markup, are the high priority issues. I'm sure you and Daniel
> already knew that:-)
Yes. We have some strong feelings that we're not handling expected
failure markup in the best way right now, so "support" at least
initially will probably look a little different than it does now.
> I find the hand editing of the markup file tedious at best and error
> prone at worst. Just dreaming, bu I'd rather go to a web page and
> fill out a form.
I suppose you didn't read all of
https://boost-consulting.com/trac/projects/boost/ticket/9
:)
> I hope that work on Bitten won't slow down work on eliminating
> process_jam_log.
Well, the fact that I have a system working that uses process_jam_log
right now makes eliminating it a lower priority item for me than some
other things that are crucial to having the system actually be useful.
> I've again wasted several hours today because
> Boost.Build doesn't generate XML files directly.
How so?
My problem is that I don't really understand what's involved in
eliminating PJL yet. Rene has referred to __ACTION_RULE__ but I don't
see how to use that facility to write any files.
-- Dave Abrahams Boost Consulting http://www.boost-consulting.com