Re: [boost] Regression test / compiler status progress

From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-07-09 12:06:49

At 06:24 PM 7/8/2002, William E. Kempf wrote:

 >A suggestion... instead of generating HTML I'd generate XML.  You can 
then
 >generate HTML from the XML using XSLT.  The reasons for doing this:
 >
 >* The resulting XML file can be used for a lot more then just giving a
 >pretty report on the web.  For instance, it could be used by a script 
that
 >creates an installation package for a given platform which would exclude
 >libraries that are not supported by that platform (just an example off 
the
 >top of my head).
 >
 >* It's fairly easy to tweak the XSLT file for specific formatting
 >requirements.  For example, you could use different XSLT files to 
generate
 >HTML pages both for what libraries a specific compiler supports and what
 >compilers a specific library supports in addition to the normal matrix 
used
 >for status information today.  This could be useful for compiler vendors
 >(among others), as they could generate reports tailored to their business
 >needs with little effort.

Hum... I've read a lot about XML but have never actually tried to use it.

What set of tools do you use/recommend?

--Beman