Re: [boost] boost.test regression or behavior change (was Re: Boost.lockfree)

Subject: Re: [boost] boost.test regression or behavior change (was Re: Boost.lockfree)
From: Robert Ramey (ramey_at_[hidden])
Date: 2015-10-05 16:31:38

On 10/4/15 11:35 AM, John Maddock wrote:
> I can't speak for you, but I nearly always find issues in the online
> testing matrix that are simply not exposed by local testing

I'm not disputing this.

a) suggesting a method which improves one's local testing.

b) suggesting changes in the online testing which would make it better.

Finally, it's not the online testing itself which is valuable/necessary. 
Its testing on platforms/configurations other than one's own that is 
important.  Whether this happens on some "official" tester's site or on 
someone else's local machine is not really relevant.

(and for the
> record I test locally with MSVC (various versions), GCC (various
> versions), Intel, clang, and Oracle).  Perhaps if I had local access to
> hardware that wasn't Intel based that might change.... but then I'd be
> running my own testing matrix!