Re: [boost] Boost Support for Android and iOS

Subject: Re: [boost] Boost Support for Android and iOS
From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-12-27 07:12:05

On Wed, Dec 26, 2012 at 7:59 AM, rohit dhamija <rohit.dhamija_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Boost libraries are intended to be widely useful, and usable across a broad
> range of applications, but yet there is no official support available for
> Android and iOS
>
> 1. Is there any specific reason behind the same (like not optimized for
> embedded devices)? Or any other reason?

Yes. These platforms are not officially supported because no one has
volunteered to run regression tests regularly for them.

It is not possible for a Boost developer to test on all platforms. So
developers depend on the test results of regression tests run by
volunteers. For example, see
http://beta.boost.org/development/tests/trunk/developer/summary.html

If no one volunteers to run the tests for a particular platform, that
platform is not officially supported.

So if you care about Android or iOS becoming officially supported,
start running regular (preferably daily) regression tests for Boost.
See http://beta.boost.org/development/running_regression_tests.html

--Beman