Re: [boost] Boost Regression Testing by IBM

From: Christopher Cambly (ccambly_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-06-25 17:30:09

> Christopher Cambly wrote:
> > The IBM XL C/C++ compiler development team would like to start
> > reporting Boost regression test results for our compilers.  In order
> > for us to do
> > so, we require that a disclaimer to be published with any of our
> > reported results.  It is our intent to include the disclaimer on the
> > runner ID page associated with our regression reports.
> >
> > Here is the text of disclaimer:
> 
> > Are there any concerns about the inclusion of such a disclaimer by the
> > Boost community?
> 
> There's been some private discission by the moderators about this, and 
> basically we don't have any problem at all: the runner ID page is 
designed 
> for this kind of information.  Of course if you can include information 
that 
> might be useful to a potential user as well: what the OS/compiler 
version 
> and patch numbers are etc, then that would be great too :-)
> 

Thank you for the confirmation. The Compiler version, hardware and OS 
levels
are to be included on the Runner ID page as well.

> Many thanks for taking up and running the tests - we've been in need of 
an 
> IBM compiler-tester for a while!
> 

Our thanks to Thomas Witt, as well as the patch reviewers, for helping us 
be 
in a position to do so. 

Chris Cambly
XL C++ Compiler Development