Re: [Boost-testing] [testers] Please switch to testing from GitHub

Subject: Re: [Boost-testing] [testers] Please switch to testing from GitHub
From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2014-01-14 10:52:30

On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 10:46 AM, Beman Dawes <bdawes_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> The critical difference is that you must download run.py from
> https://github.com/boostorg/boost/blob/develop/tools/regression/src/run.py
>
> http://www.boost.org/development/running_regression_tests.html has been
> updated to reflect this change. Note, however, that the "Advanced use"
> section has not yet been changed and getting the sources from a Tarball is
> still not working.
>
> Other than using the new version of run.py, existing setups do not have to
> change. For now, use "--tag=trunk" (the default) for develop, and to test
> master use "--tag=branches/release".
>

Sorry, that was wrong. You must use "--tag=develop" or "--tag=master".

We continue to make progress on reporting. See
http://beta.boost.org/development/tests/develop/developer/summary.html for
an example. (Note that we have gone back to just testing a few libraries
for now, but should be able to enable all tests today or tomorrow.

Thanks,

--Beman