Re: [boost] [1.35.0] Release criteria compilers

From: Boris Gubenko (Boris.Gubenko_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-10-05 12:13:33

Beman Dawes wrote:
> *No* It only means that for the 1.35.0 release we are only testing on
> platforms where enough testing resources have been contributed, and are
> running reliably.

I've been running Boost tests on HP-UX/acc (full, non-incremental test
run) on a daily basis for more than a year, with a few exceptions: for
example, this weekend, the lab machines will be shut down for
infrastructure upgrade. This is what allowed HP-UX/acc to become a
release platform in 1.34.

Since you did not include HP-UX/acc in the list of release compilers
for 1.35.0, you, probably, think that this platform does not have
"enough testing resources". What makes you think so?

Thanks,
  Boris

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Beman Dawes" <bdawes_at_[hidden]>
To: <boost_at_[hidden]>
Sent: Friday, October 05, 2007 11:22 AM
Subject: Re: [boost] [1.35.0] Release criteria compilers

Markus Schöpflin 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
>
> Which means that you would be dropping official boost support for a wide
> range of platforms, if I understand you correctly.

*No* It only means that for the 1.35.0 release we are only testing on
platforms where enough testing resources have been contributed, and are
running reliably.

 > This would make the
> cross platform aspect of boost kind of mood, wouldn't it?

No. Boost developers aren't going to deliberately cripple cross-platform
support in their libraries. They will continue to watch the tests
results for all platforms, and apply reasonable fixes when they can.

--Beman
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