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

From: Daryle Walker (darylew_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-12-07 13:01:34

On 12/6/05 6:00 PM, "Stefan Seefeld" <seefeld_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> Daryle Walker wrote:
> 
[SNIP a library that failed on every compiler]
>> 
>> 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 ?

Yes, I meant the latter.  If we suddenly see a compiler fail on every
library, or a library fail on every compiler, then we probably have a
configuration issue.  (But how do we implement "suddenly," since the tests
don't keep a history of past results?  We only want to block blooper runs,
not compilers or libraries that legitimately fail everything.)

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