Re: [boost] Testing procedure

Subject: Re: [boost] Testing procedure
From: Robert Ramey (ramey_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-01-31 14:27:46

Christopher Jefferson wrote:
> On 31 Jan 2011, at 17:14, Robert Ramey wrote:
>
>>
>>> The aim would be to speed processing of testing by reducing the
>>> cycle time (most libraries most of the time don't need re-testing).
>
> Except it isn't unusual for changes in one library (see the recent
> filesystem v2 -> v3 upgrade) to break other libraries.

means that a library API is making a breaking change which SHOULD be 
unusual.
I don't believe that this is a common occurence.  I get the from belief
from experience in tracking down errors in my own libraries which
only rarely turn out to be a breaking change on the release branch
of some other library.  I don't dispute that it can and does happen,
but I don't think it happens very often.

>
> Chris
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