[boost] Re: Remaining GCC failures

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-01-01 13:53:23

Beman Dawes <bdawes_at_[hidden]> writes:

> As far as the Boost regression tests go, there hasn't be a lot of
> progress with GCC. The same Boost tests have been failing for the last
> four or five GCC releases, regardless of operating system.
>
> This sounds to me as if the Boost developers must think the problems
> lie with GCC (or just plain aren't paying attention), while the GCC
> folks think the problems lie with Boost (or just plain aren't paying
> attention).
>
> Someone needs to step forward and break the log-jam. File bug reports,
> email developers, and make sure someone is actively working on each
> issue. I've been doing that with Intel, Metrowerks, and Microsoft and
> it does work, typically resulting in fixes for both Boost and compiler
> (or occasionally std library) code.
>
> Any volunteers for GCC?

Don't we know the maintainers for each of the libraries with
failures?  Can't we ask them directly?

-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
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