[Boost-testing] Do we need CPU Architecture Information?

From: Martin Wille (mw8329_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-03-31 10:58:23

Hello,

I was talking with someone on IRC who, maybe, would be able to run 
regression tests on Solaris/x86. At that point we found out we're unable 
to tell whether this is already being tested, because Caleb's results 
only show "SunOS 5" in the title (Later I found out Caleb uses Sparc).

While "SunOS 5" is correct, it also isn't very informative, since the 
real information is in the minor number which has been used as the 
Solaris version number since SunOS 5.7/Solaris 7.

However, my question is whether we should require the results for some 
platforms to indicate the CPU architecture. At least for SunOS and Linux 
it would make sense in the long run. It'll also make sense for *BSD if 
we had any testers for those operating systems. What do you think about 
this? (One can find out the CPU for SunOS by looking at the output of 
config_info. However, that's a bit cumbersome.)

I could add "-x86" manually for my Linux results. However, for those who 
use the regression.py script it'll probably make more sense if that 
information would be created by the script.

Regards,
m