[Boost-testing] Re: [1.33.0] Let's start preparations...

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-03-09 09:48:15

Aleksey Gurtovoy <agurtovoy_at_[hidden]> writes:

> David Abrahams writes:
>> Misha Bergal <mbergal_at_[hidden]> writes:
>>
>>>> I'm wondering whether companies that are both hardware vendors and
>>>> compiler vendors would be willing to support testing of Boost by
>>>> donating resources (hardware and compilers). However, legal issues
>>>> would have to get examined closely. We can't make promises like "the
>>>> next Boost version will support this compiler or that operating
>>>> system".
>>>
>>> Needs to be worked at.
>>
>> I think we can get both resources from OSL. 
>
> Meaning hardware resources

Yes.

>  _and_ group access to commercial compilers?

In some form, I think.  I'm not sure we would all be able to log in
and run a commercial compiler, but if OSL had a BuildBot slave running
these compilers, we wouldn't have to.  A scheme something like this
doesn't neccessarily depend on the use of BuildBot either.

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