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

Subject: Re: [boost] Boost ABI compatibility analysis at linuxtesting.org
From: Mateusz Loskot (mateusz_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-10-02 05:39:09

On 02/10/10 09:30, Vladimir Prus wrote:
> 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.

I'm not sure about it as the checker description says:

"ABI Compliance Checker (...) It checks header files along with dynamic
libraries of old and new versions and analyzes changes that can
cause ABI compatibility problems"

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