Re: [Boost-testing] [date_time] marking tests as expected failures onHP-UX/aCC

From: Jeff Garland (jeff_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-02-16 18:16:04

Boris Gubenko wrote:
> I did not get any response to the attached mail and the four date_time
> library tests in the attached mail have not been marked as expected
> failures on HP-UX/aCC6 (toolset "acc").

Sorry to be slow...

> Can it be done in the 1.34 timeframe, until this release is still open
> for this kind of changes?

By can it be done, you if you mean marking the failures as expected, then yes, 
it can be done...I've got some others to look at this weekend.

> The reason marking the tests is important for HP is that we urge our
> customers to look at Metacomm website and see for themselves
> whether (and how well) the functionality they need is supported, based on
> test results. For now, all the information about these tests the customers
> get is: "This failure was present in the reference ("last-known-good")
> release". This is good, but not good enough :-) These failures have been
> investigated and understood and we want the customers to see this
> information also.

Do you have exact text you want in the markup...if that's what you're asking for?

Jeff