Re: [Boost-gil] Multi-compiler testing on CircleCI (and channel bug)

Subject: Re: [Boost-gil] Multi-compiler testing on CircleCI (and channel bug)
From: Christian Henning (chhenning_at_[hidden])
Date: 2018-04-06 13:52:26

Many thanks, indeed!

On Fri, Apr 6, 2018 at 9:49 AM, Stefan Seefeld <stefan_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> On 06.04.2018 09:41, Mateusz Loskot wrote:
> > On 6 April 2018 at 14:30, Stefan Seefeld <stefan_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> >> On 06.04.2018 05:18, Mateusz Loskot wrote:
> >>> Although it may seem unnecessary or superfluous, I decided
> >>> to test wide range of compilers after I noticed some versions reproduce
> >>> the channel [2] tests are failing for some versions and I couldn't see
> >>> the pattern.
> >>> So, I suggest we keep testing against range of GCC/clang versions,
> >>> at least until all CI the builds become perfectly and constantly green
> :)
> >> Fair enough. But once we get there, I think we should split the test
> >> configs in "essential" ones that really are to be performed on each
> >> check-in, and everything else that we may want to trigger manually. (If
> >> we were using BuildBot for this, I'd suggest some clever tricks to
> >> reduce overhead, such as first running a single test config, and only if
> >> that passes run everything else. Having ~20 test runs perform in
> >> parallel only to then notice a single stupid typo is really wasteful.)
> > Yes, I will optimise the CircleCI workflow to complement Travis CI
> > and not duplicate it.
> >
> > There is variety of possibilities,
> > - define dependencies between build jobs
> > eg. builds: build 4.7, if OK, build 4.8, if OK, build 4.9, etc.
> > and within each compiler/version line, build core tests, if OK, build
> extension
> > and within each set of tests, build variant=debug first, if OK, build
> > variant=release
> > - only schedule builds eg. once a day
> >
> > However, that can be discussed once the issues/warnings are cleaned.
>
> Exactly. In the meantime, it's indeed a great help to have this much
> better coverage. So many thanks for working on the CI stuff !
>
>
> Stefan
>
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