Re: ANNOUNCE: [email protected] Discussion of perl's daily build and smoke test

jezz, this is nutso. the term smokers that schwern chose refers to
smoking code as in testing it to see if it blows up in a blaze of flame
and smoke. in the hardware world powering up a box or power supply for
the first time is known as a smoke test (you don't want to see any smoke
then). the name has nothing to do with tobacco or human smoking. so drop
this thread. smokers is a fine name choice for a severe testbed system.

does everyone get it? smoke is an established term in the testing world.

uri

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