On 1/11/13 16:43 , Carl Christensen wrote: > I think that's pretty damn rude publicly insinuating Rom isn't > testing changes. He's probably done more work on Boinc & probably on > other software in his career than you ever will, and no I don't > include moving us to stupid "git" as anything great....
Thanks Carl. The point I was trying to make is the following: given there's not yet a working release management process for api or server code, projects like us depend on using trunk/master. The problem is that almost every time we need to update our BOINC codebase (also just to fix another issue) there's some regression that could have been found much earlier and without manual effort, if there would have been nightly builds (or continuous integration) across different platforms. The earlier such bugs are found, the less costs they'll generate downstream (multiplied over all projects). It would save everyone involved quite a lot of time and we could all use that to do more meaningful things. It's a rather quick one time effort with a large pay-off. So, I didn't mean to imply Rom doesn't test at all. To the contrary, I'm grateful for the testing he does. I just wanted to point out (again) that testing should involve more (if not all) platforms since changes for/on one platform might affect other platforms as well. If I didn't come across that way, I'm sorry. Regarding git: I didn't move anyone. I, among others, was advocating its advantages and offered my help when the project decided to make the move. Let's not move off-topic here. Oliver _______________________________________________ boinc_dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ssl.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/boinc_dev To unsubscribe, visit the above URL and (near bottom of page) enter your email address.
