Re: Simple check if current is broken

From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog_at_FreeBSD.org>
Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2012 08:17:07 +1100
On Tuesday, 13 November 2012 at  9:11:21 +0200, Alexander Yerenkow wrote:
> Hello there!
> I sometimes see in this list such mails:
> "I got problem with rXXXXXX"
> "It's known, it's fixed in rYYYYYY".
>
> Sometimes it's my problem, sometimes it's problem of other peoples.
>
> How about make simple web-service where revision numbers could be "marked"
> as bwoken, with minimal info - like next working rev?
>
> Can we make small sub-task while buildworld/buildkernel going, to simply
> fetch info about current rev and if it's broken warn user?
>
> This probably would improve user experience for those who use current, but
> have no time/proficiency to read commit logs.

On Tuesday, 13 November 2012 at 12:15:29 -0800, Jakub Lach wrote:
On Tuesday, 13 November 2012 at 12:15:29 -0800, Jakub Lach wrote:
> What about cases when something is broken, but not for everybody?

Just say so.

> If only GENERIC build, how does that differ from existing
> tinderboxing?

It's all in one place.

The idea sounds good to me.  All we need is somebody to implement it
and somebody to maintain it.

Greg
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