Re: [boost] Strange libstdc++ versions in travis-ci testers

Subject: Re: [boost] Strange libstdc++ versions in travis-ci testers
From: Andrzej Krzemienski (akrzemi1_at_[hidden])
Date: 2018-06-28 20:07:13

2018-06-28 21:56 GMT+02:00 Stefan Seefeld via Boost <boost_at_[hidden]>:

> On 2018-06-28 03:42 PM, Andrzej Krzemienski via Boost wrote:
>
> 2018-06-28 21:27 GMT+02:00 Stefan Seefeld via Boost <boost_at_[hidden]
>> >:
>>
>>
>>> On 2018-06-28 03:14 PM, Andrzej Krzemienski via Boost wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Everyone,
>>>> Maybe someone could help me understand the configuration on the
>>>> travis-ci
>>>> testers.
>>>>
>>>> For avoidance of doubt: what exactly are you referring to by "the
>>> travis-ci testers" ? Lots of Boost projects use their own CI
>>> configuration,
>>> so there is a huge variance on compilers and runtimes being used, some
>>> supporting C++11, some not.
>>>
>>> This is interesting. I am referring to Boost.Opitonal tests on Travis
>> configured here: https://travis-ci.org/boostorg/optional
>> I am a maintainer of Boost.Optional, and I never configured these tests.
>> They were not there a year ago, and at some point I started receiving test
>> results from this site upon every commit. So I assume there must have been
>> a Boost-wide initiative to put additional tests there. I assume that
>> someone on the list might have taken part in configuring them, and may
>> know
>> the answers.
>>
>
> Startling...
> I'm maintaining a few Boost projects, too. And I would be most concerned
> if someone started to add stuff into "my" repos without first discussing it
> with me.

I do not see it this way. I get additional machines executing my tests for
free. I can be but grateful. I just want to understand how they are
configured, so that I can address these configurations in my library.

Regards,
&rzej;