Re: [boost] Status of Comeau toolset for upcoming 1.41.0

Subject: Re: [boost] Status of Comeau toolset for upcoming 1.41.0
From: Mateusz Loskot (mateusz_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-11-21 14:56:08

Robert Ramey wrote:
> Mateusz Loskot wrote:
>> Emil Dotchevski wrote:
>>> On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 4:22 AM, Mateusz Loskot <mateusz_at_[hidden]>
>>> wrote:
>>>> May I ask what's the status of support of Comeau?
>>>> Is it safe to assume Boost 1.41.0 will be usable with Comeau C/C++ ?
>>> I don't see Comeau in the release branch testing:
>>> http://www.boost.org/development/tests/release/developer/summary.html.
>>> So, maybe it will work, maybe it won't. :)
>> And that's exactly the matter of my question, because I found it
>> myself current trunk does not compile using recent Comeau C/C++ on
>> Linux.
>>
>> I hope to try again and provide reports and, hopefully, patches
>> but I'm not an expert user of Comeau C/C++ compiler.
>> Thus, I'm looking for a kind of mentoring soul around :-)
> 
> Here's an idea.  If you become a tester for the Commeau compiler
> the results of your tests will be posted on the trunk testing matrix.
> The presence large patches of red and/or yellow offends the
> aesthetic sensability of everyone and the personal pride of the
> maintainer of the library in question.  Often this is all that is
> needed to motivate the desired changes.

Robert,

Understood. I'll try my best.

Best regards,
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