Awhile back, there was discussion of setting up a list of platform champions. Platform champions are experts that Boost developers can turn to when they have a problem with a particular compiler or operating system. Whether it is a question about configurations, features, or submitting a bug report to the compiler supplier, these folks know the ropes for the platform. If you are knowledgeable about at platform, and would like to be a platform champion, please add yourself to the list! The list is found at http://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/wiki/PlatformChampions --Beman
At 10:49 AM -0400 5/22/08, Beman Dawes wrote:
Awhile back, there was discussion of setting up a list of platform champions.
Platform champions are experts that Boost developers can turn to when they have a problem with a particular compiler or operating system. Whether it is a question about configurations, features, or submitting a bug report to the compiler supplier, these folks know the ropes for the platform.
If you are knowledgeable about at platform, and would like to be a platform champion, please add yourself to the list!
The list is found at http://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/wiki/PlatformChampions
I'm looking for a Mac OS X champion...... ;-) -- -- Marshall Marshall Clow Idio Software <mailto:marshall@idio.com> It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion. It is by the beans of Java that thoughts acquire speed, the hands acquire shaking, the shaking becomes a warning. It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion.
Beman Dawes wrote:
Awhile back, there was discussion of setting up a list of platform champions.
Platform champions are experts that Boost developers can turn to when they have a problem with a particular compiler or operating system. Whether it is a question about configurations, features, or submitting a bug report to the compiler supplier, these folks know the ropes for the platform.
I have been running boost regression tests on Tru64/CXX for a few years now. As Tru64 is no longer available and the compiler most likely will not get any more updates, I'm a bit unsure if it would make any sense for me to volunteer as a platform champion. Do you think I should go ahead and put me in the list anyway? Markus
Markus Schöpflin wrote:
Beman Dawes wrote:
Awhile back, there was discussion of setting up a list of platform champions.
Platform champions are experts that Boost developers can turn to when they have a problem with a particular compiler or operating system. Whether it is a question about configurations, features, or submitting a bug report to the compiler supplier, these folks know the ropes for the platform.
I have been running boost regression tests on Tru64/CXX for a few years now. As Tru64 is no longer available and the compiler most likely will not get any more updates, I'm a bit unsure if it would make any sense for me to volunteer as a platform champion.
Do you think I should go ahead and put me in the list anyway?
That's up to you, but it sounds like your efforts might be better spent on a more active platform. While we want to support a wide range of platforms, and not just the most popular ones, it doesn't make sense to tie up resources on platforms that are no longer supported by their suppliers. --Beman
Beman Dawes wrote:
Markus Schöpflin wrote:
I have been running boost regression tests on Tru64/CXX for a few years now. As Tru64 is no longer available and the compiler most likely will not get any more updates, I'm a bit unsure if it would make any sense for me to volunteer as a platform champion.
Do you think I should go ahead and put me in the list anyway?
That's up to you, but it sounds like your efforts might be better spent on a more active platform.
While we want to support a wide range of platforms, and not just the most popular ones, it doesn't make sense to tie up resources on platforms that are no longer supported by their suppliers.
As in my department we still have to support applications running on Tru64 for a few more years, I will continue running boost regression tests on this platform anyway. But I agree with you that a platform champion most likely is no longer needed. Markus
Markus Schöpflin escribió:
Beman Dawes wrote:
Markus Schöpflin wrote:
I have been running boost regression tests on Tru64/CXX for a few years now. As Tru64 is no longer available and the compiler most likely will not get any more updates, I'm a bit unsure if it would make any sense for me to volunteer as a platform champion.
Do you think I should go ahead and put me in the list anyway?
That's up to you, but it sounds like your efforts might be better spent on a more active platform.
While we want to support a wide range of platforms, and not just the most popular ones, it doesn't make sense to tie up resources on platforms that are no longer supported by their suppliers.
As in my department we still have to support applications running on Tru64 for a few more years, I will continue running boost regression tests on this platform anyway.
But I agree with you that a platform champion most likely is no longer needed.
Markus, if you plan to maintain a regression runner on a long term basis I think your playing the champion role would also be a nice contribution; even if the platform is on its EOL phase and you don't plan to use *new* libraries, regressions will inevitably occur and your help here can be invaluable, given the low accesibility of the platform. Another option is that you do the fixes privately for your department's sake, but that looks suboptimal. Joaquín M López Muñoz Telefónica, Investigación y Desarrollo
joaquin@tid.es wrote:
Markus, if you plan to maintain a regression runner on a long term basis I think your playing the champion role would also be a nice contribution; even if the platform is on its EOL phase and you don't plan to use *new* libraries, regressions will inevitably occur and your help here can be invaluable, given the low accesibility of the platform. Another option is that you do the fixes privately for your department's sake, but that looks suboptimal.
OK, you convinced me. I have added myself to the list for Tru64/cxx. Markus
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