Kitware is proud to announce the release of CDash 1.6.2. CDash the open-source, web-based software testing server, aggregates, analyzes and displays the results of software testing processes submitted from clients located around the world, conveying the state of a software system to continually improve its quality.

The main CDash server for open-source projects is now hosting 16+ projects and my.cdash.org is hosting more than 130 projects including KDE, Amarok and Lapack dashboards.

The 1.6 release adds more than 20 new features including:

• Support for persistent login
• Better database compression
• New graphs and reports
• Improved coverage visualization
• Better CTest communication
• Expected submission time based on historic average
• Faster load of the main dashboard page
• Improved navigation links
• Remote build management (beta)

Personal CDash

If you would like to use CDash for your software project, Kitware is now hosting a CDash server that allows anyone to quickly setup a new project. This exciting, free service allows project to be administered entirely from the CDash web interface. To start submitting to your own personal CDash, register at http://my.cdash.org, and create your project.