Re: [boost] Testing Boost

From: Douglas Gregor (doug.gregor_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-06-04 20:56:26

On Jun 4, 2007, at 8:37 PM, Gennadiy Rozental wrote:
> "Rene Rivera" <grafikrobot_at_[hidden]> wrote in message
> news:4664AFB4.8050008_at_gmail.com...
>> Because the compiled products, the obj, lib, dll, and exe are  
>> huge. They
>> are huge because it's C++ and has a large amount of debugging symbol
>> data, because templates generate log type names.
>
> Why do we keep these once test is completed?

Because when some small number of files change in Boost, we only want  
to rebuild those objects, libraries, and executables that are  
actually affected. That's what would give us improved turnaround time  
from commit to test results.

        - Doug