Re: [boost] Testing Boost

From: Gennadiy Rozental (gennadiy.rozental_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-06-04 21:05:01

"Douglas Gregor" <doug.gregor_at_[hidden]> wrote in message 
news:6C59A26A-304C-49F8-9559-C0DE31B44163_at_osl.iu.edu...
>
> 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.

Umm.. This looks like an area we can enhance. Can't we keep last revision 
number/last update time along with results?

Gennadiy