Re: [boost] 1.33 release regression results -- 'extra compilers'

From: Jeff Garland (jeff_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-08-12 22:28:15

On Fri, 12 Aug 2005 22:07:38 -0500, Aleksey Gurtovoy wrote
> Jeff Garland writes:
> > Why are digital mars, como and other 'non-required' compilers in the
> > regressions results page ( http://tinyurl.com/cdlxk )?  
> 
> Because the release was tested on them and many people would like to
> see what's the status of these?

Shouldn't these be on the 'developer link' ?

> > I was expecting to see an all green condition
> 
> If you follow the "Release View" link at the top, you'll see the
> report showing only the status of the required toolsets.

I see -- I believe this is where the mainpage link should send 'users'.

> > and instead I see a bunch of failures we never really tried to
> > resolve.  I think we should remove these from the user pages....
> 
> On what basis?

It's just extra noise for most users -- not many people use dmc or tru64.  And
it could reduce their confidence in boost...

Jeff