Re: [boost] Boost regression notification (2005-12-05 [RC_1_33_0])

From: Stefan Seefeld (seefeld_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-12-06 18:00:13

Daryle Walker wrote:

>>|graph|
>>layout_test:  cw-8_3  cw-9_4  gcc-2.95.3-linux  gcc-2.95.3-stlport-4.6.2-linux
>>gcc-3.2.3-linux  gcc-3.3.6-linux  gcc-3.3.6-linux  gcc-3.4.4-linux
>>gcc-3.4.4-linux  gcc-3_3-darwin  gcc-4.0.1-linux  gcc-4.0.2-linux
>>gcc-4_0-darwin  intel-8.1-linux  intel-9.0-linux  intel-win32-8_1  mingw-3_4_2
>>vc-7_0  vc-7_1  vc-8_0
> 
> 
> This could be another case to watch out for: when a library fails on every
> compiler (or a least a lot of them).  Here it would be the library that's
> possibly broken.

Isn't that exactly what these tests are supposed to measure ? Or do you mean
that in case *all* tests fail the report could just mention a single failure,
on a different granularity scale ?

Regards,
                Stefan