Hi all,
We have a locally tested patch ready which shows the percentage passing for libraries which are marked unusable and also the percentage failing for other libraries.
My colleague will be sending it shortly.
-- Hubert Tong
Hubert S. K. Tong
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"John Maddock" ---22-08-2013 11:51:08 AM---> I am running the AIX tester and have upgraded to version 12.1.0.4 of the > IBM compiler.
From: "John Maddock" <john@johnmaddock.co.uk>
To: "Running Boost regression tests" <boost-testing@lists.boost.org>,
Date: 22-08-2013 11:51 AM
Subject: Re: [Boost-testing] Result masking behaviour for libraries marked"unusable"
Sent by: "Boost-Testing" <boost-testing-bounces@lists.boost.org>
> I am running the AIX tester and have upgraded to version 12.1.0.4 of the
> IBM compiler.
> I believe that the current treatment of libraries marked unusable,
> especially when the tests are mostly passing, is unhelpful both for myself
> and to the community.
> Since the results are masked out of the status page, how are people
> supposed to gauge for themselves whether or not the library is usable for
> them?
>
> For example, the geometry/extensions tests all pass on the test results
> for
> the AIX runner except for issues with buffer_inserter.hpp.
> If a user wanted to use geometry/extensions and did not have a need for
> the
> functionality tied to buffer_inserter.hpp, they are currently impeded from
> finding the actual status.
I think it's a good point - as library authors we have no way of knowing
when a compiler will jump from "unsupportable" to "compliant" so showing the
actual results would make sense.
John.
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