From 93631863a2f319f6ac31a3acb923f5cb57ff90f4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "kestes%walrus.com" Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2001 19:39:50 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] add info about tree state and change the 'will soon' since the code works. --- webtools/tinderbox2/tinderbox.html | 25 +++++++++++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/webtools/tinderbox2/tinderbox.html b/webtools/tinderbox2/tinderbox.html index 8b2bc46c0f6..bc69865a8ed 100644 --- a/webtools/tinderbox2/tinderbox.html +++ b/webtools/tinderbox2/tinderbox.html @@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ WIDTH="600" HEIGHT="58" VSPACE="0" HSPACE="0">

Development Monitoring System
-rewrite by Ken Estes

+rewrite by Ken Estes

This document describes a rewrite of the original Tinderbox 1.0 development tool. @@ -143,16 +143,25 @@ rewrite by Ken Estes closed and see of any checkin policies have been violated. -

  • Tinderbox box will soon display the trouble tickets which +

  • Tinderbox box will displays the trouble tickets which were closed. Since the changes in the code were likely made to fix bugs, it is convenient to have the current changes to the - bug tracking system displayed on the Tinderbox pages. + bug tracking system displayed on the Tinderbox pages. This + allows for cross correlation between version control changes, + changes in the state of trouble tickets and the current state of + the build and test suites. -

  • Since the Tinderbox web pages are a centralized place for - Project information there is a "Message of the Day" for - managment messages and a "Notice Board" where developers can - post information of interest the project. Typically the notice +

  • Since the Tinderbox web pages are a centralized place + for Project information there is a "Message of the Day" for + managment messages, "Tree State" for current checkin policy and + a "Notice Board" where developers can post information of + interest the project. Managment can set the "Tree State" to + notify the developers what type of checkin dicipline is expected + for version control use. Since many modern version control + systems do not have a project state to enforce checkin disipline + this can be the only mechanism for developers to learn what is + expected of them at the current time. Typically the notice board is used to announce when a developer makes major changes to the source code or to confirm that a recent build failure is being fixed or backed out. @@ -251,7 +260,7 @@ the ability to check in. Copyright © 1998-2001 The Mozilla Organization.
    -Last modified September 14, 2000. +Last modified December 21, 2001.
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