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

From: Ames, Andreas (Andreas) (ames_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-06-08 06:52:07

> -----Original Message-----
> From: boost-bounces_at_[hidden] 
> [mailto:boost-bounces_at_[hidden]] On Behalf Of Stefan Seefeld
> Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2007 6:10 PM
> Subject: Re: [boost] [boost_at_home] revolutionary solution to 
> create a testing farm
> 
> Janek Kozicki wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > go ahead and call me crazy :) I couldn't sleep last night thinking
> > about the problems that boost has with the testing process.
> > 
> > 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 :)
> 
> :-)
> 
> I have made a similar proposal:
> 
> http://lists.boost.org/Archives/boost/2007/05/120834.php
> 
> Though, unfortunately, nobody seems to have picked up the topic.
> I don't think anything as radical as a VM is needed, really. Instead,
> the harness needs to be (incrementally) refined to
> 
> 1) control as much of the development environment to which 
> the build process is exposed
> 
> 2) report all free parameters that influence the outcome.
> 
> I think this is achievable, using a buildbot setup.

Seconded.

I wonder why you don't bring your own QMTest to the table.  Wouldn't it 
also nicely fit into the boost picture?

cheers,

aa

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