Re: [boost] regression tests (BeOS)

From: Beman Dawes (beman_at_[hidden])
Date: 2000-11-06 12:57:15

John Maddock wrote:

 >I've added regression test support for BeOS5 (intel edition) to the cvs
 >repository.
 >
 >I'm in two minds about this: the compiler used (the GNUPro toolchain from
 >cygnus) is way out of date, but is the most up to date version for that
 >platform.  As a result there are a lot of regression failures arising 
from
 >operators.hpp which the compiler just can't cope with, IMO these are
 >probably not worth fixing.  If folks think that this compiler shouldn't 
be
 >used for regression testing then I'll remove the BeOS compiler page from
 >the cvs repository.

I can see several advantages from including your BeOS tests:

*  It might help BeOS users by warning them of compatibility issues.

*  It might encourage those compiler suppliers to get their act together.

*  It signals that boost does care about portability to more than just the 
best known platforms.

I don't worry that there are a lot of test failures; we shouldn't bury 
results just because they don't look particularly good.

--Beman