Re: [boost] status/Jamfile

From: David Abrahams (david.abrahams_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-03-25 14:12:21

----- Original Message -----
From: "Beman Dawes" <bdawes_at_[hidden]>

>  >2) I don't think that the tests in status/Jamfile should be included
by
>  >default from the top level Jamfile - for one thing if a user just
wants
> to
>  >build the boost libraries, they may not want to stick around while
> hundreds
>  >of test cases build (something that can take some time), for another
the
>  >current status/Jamfile implementation results in quite a number of
> compiler
>  >errors scrolling past the screen (see below).
>
> Yes, I've also run into that.  The top level Jamfile shouldn't do
> regression tests by default.  I almost pulled it out, but then didn't
> because I'm not the maintainer of the top level Jamfile.  The
maintainer
> (Dave?) might to make regression testing conditional, rather than
pulling
> it out altogether.

I just pulled it out.

-D