Re: [boost] [1.35.0] Release criteria compilers

From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-10-05 10:44:35

Matthias Troyer wrote:
> On 5 Oct 2007, at 03:30, Beman Dawes wrote:
> 
>> Rene Rivera wrote:
>>> Beman Dawes wrote:
>>>> My candidates for the release criteria compilers are:
>>>>
>>>> * Microsoft VC++ 8.0 on Win32
>>>> * Intel 10.0 on Win32
>>>> * GCC on Linux
>>>> * GCC on Darwin
>>> For Darwin we need to distinguish which variant of the compiler,  
>>> GNU or
>>> Apple.
>> Apple. Latest Xcode release.
>>
>>   I think we only regularly test the Apple variant so the GNU
>>> variant would not be a release toolset. There's also the difference
>>> between x86 and PPC.
>> I've got one of the original PPC mac minis. Sloooow. But it is nice to
>> have a little-endian machine to test on.
> 
> I still have the last model of dual-CPU dual-core PPC PowerMacs on  
> which I could run tests.

We are going to need more testers because of the need to test both the 
trunk and the release branch.

Anyone interested might want to subscribe to 
boost-testing_at_[hidden] where we are about to have a discussion of 
testing during release cycles.

Thanks,

--Beman