15-410 Scoreboard Instructions

To inspire you while you work on P2/P3, you have access to a scoreboard which indicates how many groups are passing various tests. Details:

Assuming you are running in a supported environment, when you run a test and it passes a small file will be created in group‑xx/.scoreboard. Failing a test does not remove the "pass" indication (but see below).
Your results are not published in association with your group number. Your group AFS space contains a file called .scoreboard/scoreboard‑nickname.txt which has been initialized to contain the name of a randomly selected operating system, and your scoreboard results will be displayed using that name.
You can delete scoreboard‑nickname.txt to suppress display of your test results. You can also edit scoreboard‑nickname.txt to change your "group name". GROUP NAMES MUST BE ARGUABLY VAGUELY TASTEFUL or the course staff will take action. Note that it is "definitely not tasteful" for one group to claim to be another group, or to use the name of an OS already used by another group.
Sometimes a test that you previously passed (previously marked "x") may stop counting toward your passed-tests score (it will be marked as "-"). If this happens, it is an indication that our secret machine-learning algorithm suggests you re-run this test, to reduce the likelihood of undetected regression failures.
If multiple groups are passing the same set of tests, the order in which those groups appear on the scoreboard is not meaningful and also not something you have much influence over (maybe none). It is probably more productive for you to improve your P2 and/or sleep.
It is trivial to fake results, so please don't. (Note that the scoreboard is meant to be inspirational, and has nothing to do with grades.)
The scoreboard is not updated very often. If you pass a test the scoreboard may not indicate that for minutes or maybe even hours.

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[Last modified Wednesday September 18, 2019]