Re: [boost] Boost ABI compatibility analysis at linuxtesting.org

Subject: Re: [boost] Boost ABI compatibility analysis at linuxtesting.org
From: Vladimir Prus (vladimir_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-10-02 04:30:18

Mateusz Loskot wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I've searched the list archives and I don't find any posts
> referring to this interesting resource.
> 
> The http://linuxtesting.org hosts reports of ABI analysi
> performed by ABI compatibility checker [1] tool against number of open
> source libraries [2]. Boost included [3].
> 
> [1] http://ispras.linux-foundation.org/index.php/ABI_compliance_checker
> [2] http://linuxtesting.org/upstream-tracker/index.html
> [3] http://linuxtesting.org/upstream-tracker/versions/boost.html

These are interesting tables, but not too surprising. Note that they only look
at solibs, therefore any compatibility issues in header-only parts are not 
detected.

- Volodya