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From: bdawes_at_[hidden]
Date: 2008-07-23 11:43:01
Author: bemandawes
Date: 2008-07-23 11:43:01 EDT (Wed, 23 Jul 2008)
New Revision: 47723
URL: http://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/changeset/47723
Log:
Reorganize and update
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1 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 123 deletions(-)
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--- website/public_html/beta/development/testing.html (original)
+++ website/public_html/beta/development/testing.html 2008-07-23 11:43:01 EDT (Wed, 23 Jul 2008)
@@ -35,73 +35,25 @@
<h1>Testing</h1>
</div>
- <div class="section-body">
+ <div class="section-body" style="width: 796; height: 1802">
<ul class="toc">
- <li>Introduction</li>
- <li>Regression Testing</li>
+ <li>Regression Tests</li>
- <li>Smoke Testing</li>
-
- <li>Inspection</li>
+ <li>Inspection Reports</li>
<li>Release Branch Snapshots</li>
- <li>Acknowledgements</li>
+ <li><a href="#Acknowledgements"><a href="#Introduction">More
+ about regression tests</a></a>Acknowledgements</li>
</ul>
- <h2><a name="Introduction" id=
- "Introduction"></a>Introduction</h2>
-
- <p>Will all Boost libraries work with your compiler?
- Unfortunately, the answer is "it depends". See the <a href=
- "#RegressionTesting">regression testing results</a> to see
- exactly what works and what doesn't.</p>
-
- <p>Boost libraries rely on modern C++ features such as
- templates and the C++ Standard Library. Most modern
- compilers support those major features fairly well. But even
- today, years after the adoption of the C++ Standard, some
- compilers still don't support important minor features like
- partial template specialization.</p>
-
- <p>Boost library authors often expend a great deal of effort
- trying to work around compiler deficiencies.
- Nevertheless, some libraries will not compile at all with
- certain compilers or may have crippled functionality.
- Even if the current release of a compiler supports a boost
- library, older versions of the compiler may not work
- properly.</p>
-
- <p>Boost releases are run through regression tests which
- automatically generates compiler status tables for various
- platforms. Unless otherwise indicated, the C++ Standard Library
- implementation is the one shipped with the compiler.</p>
-
- <h3>Warnings:</h3>
-
- <ul>
- <li>These tables are not a good indication of a particular
- compiler's compliance with the C++ Standard. The Boost
- libraries often contain workarounds which mask compiler
- deficiencies.</li>
-
- <li>Some regression tests are run only occasionally, and so
- are relatively out-of-date. Check the date for each
- table.</li>
- </ul>
-
- <p>The development code is being updated several times a day,
- so it may contain bug fixes, compiler workarounds, new
- features, and even whole new libraries. It may be unstable,
- however.</p>
-
<h2><a name="RegressionTesting" id=
- "RegressionTesting"></a>Regression Testing</h2>
+ "RegressionTesting"></a>Regression Tests</h2>
- <p>A group of volunteers donate CPU cycles, and large amounts
- of disk space, to collectively produce the regression testing
- result tables. Various Boost releases are tested for the
+ <p>A group of volunteers donate CPU cycles and large amounts
+ of disk space to collectively produce the regression testing
+ result tables. Various Boost repository versions are tested for the
benefit of library developers and interested users:</p>
<table summary="Regression Results">
@@ -114,10 +66,6 @@
</tr>
<tr>
- <th class="c1" colspan="4">Local Results</th>
- </tr>
-
- <tr>
<td>Main trunk</td>
<td></td>
@@ -157,75 +105,35 @@
Issues</a></td>
</tr>
- <tr>
- <th class="c1" colspan="4">Alternate Results @ <a href=
- "http://engineering.meta-comm.com/boost.aspx">MetaCommunications</a></th>
- </tr>
-
- <tr>
- <td>Main trunk</td>
-
- <td></td>
-
- <td><a href=
- "http://engineering.meta-comm.com/boost-regression/trunk/developer/summary.html">
- Summary</a></td>
-
- <td><a href=
- "http://engineering.meta-comm.com/boost-regression/trunk/developer/issues.html">
- Unresolved Issues</a></td>
- </tr>
- </table>
+ </table>
- <h2><a name="SmokeTesting" id="SmokeTesting"></a>Smoke
- Testing</h2>
+ <h2><a name="Inspection" id="Inspection"></a>Inspection Reports</h2>
- <p>The full regression test reports give a broad and deep view
- of how Boost libraries perform across many platforms and
- compilers. But developers often need a quick snapshot of how
- tests are doing on representative platforms and compilers. The
- smoke tests check the repository at regular intervals and run
- incremental tests if anything has changed. Test results may be
- available as little as 5 minutes later, depending on the
- platform and how many libraries were affected by changes. More
- extensive changes take a couple of hours to test.</p>
+ <p>The Boost Subversion repository is inspected daily to detect
+ problems such as missing copyrights or licenses. The Boost Inspection
+ Report tells all!</p>
- <table summary="Smoke Results">
+ <table summary="Regression Results">
<tr>
<th>Version</th>
- <th>Platform and Compiler</th>
</tr>
<tr>
- <td>Main Trunk</td>
+ <td>Main trunk</td>
- <td><a href=
- "http://mysite.verizon.net/beman/bgd-win32-trunk-results.html">
- Windows (32-bit), Visual C++ 2005 SP1</a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
- <td>Main Trunk</td>
+ <td>Release branch</td>
- <td><a href=
- "http://mysite.verizon.net/beman/bgd-linux-trunk-results.html">
- Ubuntu Linux (X86 32-bit), gcc-4.1.2</a></td>
</tr>
- </table>
- <h2><a name="Inspection" id="Inspection"></a>Inspection</h2>
-
- <p>The Boost Subversion trunk is inspected daily to detect
- problems such as missing copyrights or licenses. The <a href=
- "http://mysite.verizon.net/beman/inspect.html">Boost Inspection
- Report</a> tells all!</p>
+ </table>
<h2><a name="Snapshots" id="Snapshots"></a>Release Branch
Snapshots</h2>
- <p> </p>
-
<p><a href="http://boost.cowic.de/rc/">Release branch
snapshots</a> are built on a daily basis. They are used for
quality control checks on the release currently under
@@ -236,21 +144,60 @@
<p>Because the snapshots represent work-in-process, they are
not suitable for production use.</p>
- <p>A <a href=
- "http://boost.cowic.de/rc/inspect-snapshot.html">Boost
- Inspection Report</a> is also run on the release branch
- snapshot.</p>
-
<p>The Subversion release branch can be checked out from
http://svn.boost.org/svn/boost/branches/release.>
+ <h2><a name="Introduction" id=
+ "Introduction"></a>more about regression tests</h2>
+
+ <p>Will all Boost libraries work with your compiler?
+ Unfortunately, the answer is "it depends". See the <a href=
+ "#RegressionTesting">regression testing results</a> to see exactly
+ what works and what doesn't.</p>
+
+ <p>Boost libraries rely on modern C++ features such as templates
+ and the C++ Standard Library. Most modern compilers support
+ those major features fairly well. But even today, years after the
+ adoption of the C++ Standard, some compilers still don't support
+ important minor features like partial template specialization.</p>
+
+ <p>Boost library authors often expend a great deal of effort
+ trying to work around compiler deficiencies. Nevertheless,
+ some libraries will not compile at all with certain compilers or
+ may have crippled functionality. Even if the current release
+ of a compiler supports a boost library, older versions of the
+ compiler may not work properly.</p>
+
+ <p>Boost releases are run through regression tests which
+ automatically generates compiler status tables for various
+ platforms. Unless otherwise indicated, the C++ Standard Library
+ implementation is the one shipped with the compiler.</p>
+
+ <h3>Warnings:</h3>
+
+ <ul>
+ <li>These tables are not a good indication of a particular
+ compiler's compliance with the C++ Standard. The Boost
+ libraries often contain workarounds which mask compiler
+ deficiencies.</li>
+
+ <li>Some regression tests are run only occasionally, and so
+ are relatively out-of-date. Check the date and revision in
+ the column heading.</li>
+ </ul>
+
+ <p>The development code is being updated several times a day,
+ so it may contain bug fixes, compiler workarounds, new
+ features, and even whole new libraries. It may be unstable,
+ however.</p>
+
<h2><a name="Acknowledgements" id=
"Acknowledgements"></a>Acknowledgements</h2>
<p>The compiler status tables have been prepared with resources
donated by a number of individuals, educational institutions,
and companies. Boost would like to thank them for their
- support.</p>
+ support. Some of the organizations helping include:</p>
<ul class="directory">
<li>
@@ -267,12 +214,6 @@
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<li>
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