Re: [boost] Recommend dropping test coverage on msvc-7.1 and msvc-8.0

Subject: Re: [boost] Recommend dropping test coverage on msvc-7.1 and msvc-8.0
From: Ion Gaztañaga (igaztanaga_at_[hidden])
Date: 2017-10-16 20:11:40

On 16/10/2017 14:02, Peter Dimov via Boost wrote:
> Ion Gaztañaga wrote:
> 
>> I think it would be nice if there was a way (maybe it exists now) to 
>> state in the test/build jamfile the minimum supported toolchains (say 
>> msvc >= 9.0, gcc >= 4.2) by that library / test.
> 
> There is! There are, three of them. 
> [...]

Thanks Peter, very interesting and illustrative.

> Three, you can just use a built-in Boost.Build feature:
> 
>  Â Â  project : requirements <toolset>msvc-7:<build>no 
> <toolset>gcc-4.1:<build>no ;
> 

Toolset name can be defined in user-config.jam so msvc-7 is not a 
generic solucion, I define in my local regression tests toolsets named 
like gcc-7.1c++03, gcc-7.1c++14... Maybe an additional feature could be 
added to filter toolset version with some comparison operator. Just 
CC'ing Rene in case it's a good idea for future developments.

Best,

Ion