Re: [Boost-testing] Borland / CodeGear tests

From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-10-12 16:15:13

Nicola Musatti wrote:
> Hallo,
> A few things about the latest Borland / CodeGear test run.
> 
> First of all, I notice that some recent fix made it possible for most 
> asio tests to pass. Actually results might be even better than they 
> appear; I was running tests unattended and ZoneAlarm blocked several 
> tests which have probably been killed by the bjam time-out feature. I'd 
> welcome suggestions on how to modify my set-up to ensure tests can run, 
> without compromising security.

I've also had similar firewall alerts on those tests. I happened to see 
the messages pop-up, and unblocked the firewall for them, but that was 
just by chance.

> Second, does anybody find the 5.6.4 & 5.8.2 tests useful? I'm thinking 
> of not performing them any more, or at least only run them every now and 
> again, so as to be able to run the 5.9.2 tests more often.

I was already thinking of suggesting that to you. I'd much rather see 
the 5.9.2 tests run more often.

Thanks,

--Beman