Re: [boost] Regression test / compiler status progress

From: Rob Stewart (stewart_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-07-11 15:13:51

From: "William E. Kempf" <williamkempf_at_[hidden]>
> 
> From: "Beman Dawes" <bdawes_at_[hidden]>
> 
> I gave one example, to view the data in a web browser in a different format.
> To make this a little more concrete, let's think about a compiler vendor,
> say Comeau C++.  For marketing purposes it would be great if they could run
> their own regression tests (possibly using more platforms and backends than
> what we are using) and publish reports showing how well they can handle
> Boost code (or even some other library).  With the hard coded HTML output
[snip]
> Or, imagine a compiler vendor that's working on their C++ conformance and
> using Boost as a test bed.  Instead of an HTML report they could use the XML
> to generate bug reports with what ever bug tracking software they happen to
> use in an automated build process.
>
> Theoretically (not really suggesting this, just brain storming) the Boost
> release process could even make use of this by e-mailing the owners of
> specific libraries about which tests are failing on what
[snip]

Wow!  I sent my message before I got this one, but we ended up saying much the
same thing.

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