On Sat, Jul 16, 2005 at 12:51:06AM +0200, Domenico Andreoli wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 14, 2005 at 12:30:57PM +0200, Robert Jordens wrote:
> > [Thu, 14 Jul 2005] Domenico Andreoli wrote:

> > > BTW, i don't think it is a good idea to distribute boost binaries built
> > > with a compiler that has never seen the boost regression test suite.

> > I got uneasy as well but ooking on the boost webpage, there was no newer
> > release yet.

> here is a pointer to the 1.33.0 release status:
>   http://lists.boost.org/boost/2005/07/30375.php

> > Sure. What do you think about running the testsuite on each build?

> it is a good idea.

> the test suite results are produced as html pages. most of the debian
> users would not be interested in them. what about providing a separate
> binary package i.e. libboost-regression?

Ultimately, what would be most useful from a QA standpoint is a test suite
that can output either a success or failure code during the package build,
and information about which tests failed if any.  I'm pretty sure that *no*
users are interested in having the test suite results packaged. :)

-- 
Steve Langasek
postmodern programmer

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