Re: [boost] [boost@home] revolutionary solution to create a testing farm

From: Bobby Ward (bobbyrward_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-06-07 12:12:14

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> Of course, this change would introduce two different kind of testers:
compile farms and runners.
> Testing boost without actually compiling it would attact more people and
hopefully it would cover less popular OSes.
</snip>

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On 6/7/07, Alexander Nasonov <alnsn_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>
> 07.06.07, 16:24, Janek Kozicki <janek_listy_at_[hidden]>:
> > Hi,
> > Although the roots of my idea were different it turns out to be very
> > similar to well known SETI_at_Home project. Therefore I call it Boost_at_Home:)
>
> If your goal is to test many OSes on the most popular desktop OS, then I
> see at least one other approach: cross-compilation. It doesn't cover all
> compilers and tricky for "run" test targets but it has some advanges as
> well:
>
> - Quick build for embedded devices.
> - Better compile-time and link time dependency tracking.
> - Environment separation. In order to run tests, they have to be copied to
> target platform. Any missing dependency will show up.
>
> Of course, this change would introduce two different kind of testers:
> compile farms and runners. Testing boost without actually compiling it would
> attact more people and hopefully it would cover less popular OSes.
>
> If NetBSD can be compiled on cygwin, why boost can't?! ;-)
>
> --
> Alexander Nasonov
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