Re: [Boost-testing] Missing toolsets from 1.33.1 to 1.34

From: JOAQUIN LOPEZ MU?Z (joaquin_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-06-07 17:19:13

----- Mensaje original -----
De: Boris Gubenko <Boris.Gubenko_at_[hidden]>
Fecha: Miércoles, Junio 7, 2006 9:57 pm
Asunto: Re: [Boost-testing] Missing toolsets from 1.33.1 to 1.34

> For the past couple of days, we've been running boost tests for the
> RC_1_34_0 branch on HP-UX ia64 with aCC A.06.10 compiler. 

Hello Boris, thank you for your contribution!

> The results are on the web in the Full View (I guess, they are
> not in Release View because HP-UX/aCC6 is not a required platform
> for the 1.34 release).

This is correct: release view only shows required platforms.

> 
> The results do not look bad, but there are some failures that need to
> be investigated before we can ask to consider HP-UX/aCC6 a supported
> platform for boost.

In any case, you cannot ask for HP-UX/aCC6 to be promoted
to "required platform" status for Boost 1.34, as the list
has just been closed:

http://lists.boost.org/boost-testing/2006/06/3012.php

you might want to propose it in Boost 1.35.

> 
> We'll continue to be running the tests against RC_1_34_0 on a regular
> basis and, at some point, I think, we'll need to switch to CVS HEAD
> to be part of the new boost release. Perhaps, this is too early to
> ask, but anyway: was it already decided what the release after 1.34
> is going to be and what would be a timeframe for this release?
> 

I don't think there's any estimated date yet. What seems
likely, though, is that the release procedure will undergo
some major changes, like switching to SVN and trying a
different release model hopefully guaranteeing an always-ready
release branch, see

http://lists.boost.org/Archives/boost/2006/05/104654.php

This scheme implies that regression tests are run continuously,
not only when the release is approaching, at least for required
platforms.

Joaquín M López Muñoz
Telefónica, Investigación y Desarrollo