Re: [boost] [1.35.0] Release criteria compilers

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-10-16 15:40:19

on Mon Oct 08 2007, "Felipe Magno de Almeida" <felipe.m.almeida-AT-gmail.com> wrote:

> On 10/4/07, Beman Dawes <bdawes_at_[hidden]> wrote:
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> [snip]
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>> 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
>
> [snip]
>
>> Comments?
>
> I believe we should drop Release criteria compilers concept, and have
> recommended compilers. Each library mantainer would then choose to
> mantain or not a particular compiler and document all the compilers he
> actively mantains.
> If a new library comes for review which can just run on some set of
> compilers, excluding maybe two release compilers, should we not accept
> it?

Maybe only conditionally on support of those compilers.  If we choose
the release criteria platforms properly, they shouldn't present
serious portability problems for any library.

-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
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