On Aug 3, 1:11 pm, William Stein <wst...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I would like to suggest an alternative approach to this problem of
> "supported platforms".
> How about if whenever somebody runs
>
>    make testlong
>
> at the end an email is sent to saget...@gmail.com that contains some
> information:
>
>     * description of platform (OS + hardware)
>     * list of files where tests failed
>     * version of sage being tested
>
> A script will then 100% automatically generate a webpage based on the
> above info that will
> describe exactly which platforms are known to work for any given
> version of Sage.  Simple
> as that.   If we want the list of "supported platforms" for a *given
> release* to go up, all we have
> to do is get somebody somewhere to type "make testlong".
>
> Obviously, there will be an easy way to disable this.   Alternatively,
> instead of "make testlong" we could
> just use a different target, e.g., "make testlongreport".

This could also be a different way to handle the now-moribund
BuildFarm wiki page...

- kcrisman

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