> 1. In the bonsai tool, under "New Checkins," I often see in the comments
> "not part of build." How would one know when some new code *is* part of
> the build process?
Presumably if it doesn't have that note attached. I assume "not part of
build" means that it's #ifdef'ed out by default.
> Relatedly, the status reports can be helpful in
> showing that sorts of things the developers are doing. For instance, a
> friend won't touch mozilla until "print page range" is back. So I was
> happy to see recent discussion of printing advances in the status report
> page. Yet I don't know how to relate those comments to actual new code
> or features in the program...
The thing to do is give your mate the URL of the bug for print page range,
if there is one. Then he can check it occasionally - or get a Bugzilla
account, and be notified when it changes.
> 2. I once ran across a bugzilla page showing "bugs fixed today" or
> something close to that. But now I can't find it. This is different
> than the section on fixed "most commonly reported bugs," I think. The
> bugzilla query page can probably do this, but it is quite intimidating
> as a page.
It's a Bugzilla query, but you have to recompose it every time, because
the dates change. (I think.)
> 3. What do all the color codes mean in tinderbox? Green and red are
> clear enough, but what about yellow and brown? I've spent a lot of time
> looking for the legend but can't find it.
Orange means "tests failed" - i.e. the build completed, but some of the
tests didn't complete. Yellow appears at the top - it means "build still
in progress."
Gerv
