Re: [Boost-testing] [regression.py] tarball vs subversion

From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-09-15 21:21:49

Rene Rivera wrote:

> Beman Dawes wrote:

>> One of the reasons I'd like to see bjam produce timings for compiles and 
>> tests is so we can see where our testing resources are being expended. 
> 
> Well, bjam can already produce timing information for each build action 
> it runs.

Yes, and I've already added a bjam command line option to my working 
copy to turn on the display of timings.

 >  We just need a place to put that information.

First step is to add it to the test_log.xml file.

>> That would also give us a stick to beat certain compiler vendors over 
>> the head with, if it turns out their compiler is much more expensive to 
>> use than others.
> 
> Yep, as we've seen public shame is a great impetus for vendors :-)

Yes. Maybe we could post a youtube video :-)

--Beman