Re: [boost] boost_unit_test_framework cannot bebuilt asDLL withmsvc-6.5

From: Roland Schwarz (roland.schwarz_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-02-03 07:52:01

Gennadiy Rozental wrote:
> Any failures on msvc 6.5 are expected ;). I don't test against this compiler 
> anymore and have no way of ensuring that my own unit test pass it. And 
> that's beside the point that even only critical issues affecting boost 
> regression testing are going to be fixed.

Unfortunately this seems to collide with the agreement, that 1.34 is the 
last official release that will support the msvc-6.5 compiler.

Another try to reach a compromise:

You termed the patch to work around the embedded callback "a ugly hack" 
and want to keep the code-base clean. Ok, I can understand this very 
well, and wouldn't object.

But we could apply this patch _only_ in the RC_1_34_0 branch, make 
msvc-6.5 happy _and_ keep the test code base clean for further development.

Would you also object against this?

Thank you for your patience.

Roland

Btw.: I would be interested what Thomas Witt has to say about the issue.