Re: [boost] [test] Trunk broken: What happened to test_exec_monitor?

Subject: Re: [boost] [test] Trunk broken: What happened to test_exec_monitor?
From: John Maddock (boost.regex_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-10-05 04:39:07

>> So you do have a philosophical disagreement with the expectations of the
>> group.  You think you ought to be able to use that development model,
>> but everyone else expects library authors with boost dependents to test
>> the dependents before they commit changes.
>
> I think that even existing system can be easily improved by testing all
> components against release brunch version of dependents. After all this is 
> all
> everyone cares about. Once this passes library author is free to push the
> changes into release branch.

That's fine until you push a new version of Boost.Test to the release branch 
and then it's the release branch that breaks....

John.