Re: [boost] is review system in place is extremely slow? (was Re:[rfc] rcpp)

Subject: Re: [boost] is review system in place is extremely slow? (was Re:[rfc] rcpp)
From: Robert Ramey (ramey_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-02-28 15:24:27

Vladimir Prus wrote:
> This is pretty straight-forward to implement:
>
> 1. Create a branch off the last release
> 2. For each proposed library living in sandbox, add a couple of
> svn:externals into the new branch.
> 3. Modify status/Jamfile.v2 to only run the tests for the new
> libraries.
> 4. Have one, or more people run tests on the new branch.
> 5. Adjust reporting process to produce one more set of tables.
>
> Of this, (1) and (2) is done in a matter of minutes. (3) requires
> really minimal hacking. (4) requires a volunteer. I personally don't
> know how to
> do (5) but should not be hard either.

I think this is even simpler

1) use the release branch
2) put the library to be tested into that branch - only on the local testing 
machine.
3) CD to boost/libs/newlib/test
4) run ../../../tools/src/library_test.sh (or bat) --toolset=msvc-7.1 (or 
whatever)
5) this will create a pair of  local html tables in boost/libs/newlib/test 
which
show all test results.

This only requires a tester.

Robert Ramey