On 11/6/23 3:27 AM, Peter Dimov via Boost wrote:
Robert Ramey wrote:
On 11/5/23 4:39 PM, Peter Dimov via Boost wrote:
If we at Boost don't test our own libraries, who is supposed to?
Why do I have to test and chase down bugs in libraries I don't even use?
That's what we do. We write code for other people to use, and we don't necessarily use theirs in return.
The C++ code in Boost is a random sample of the C++ code outside of Boost, and if we have a problem, (a) ignoring it will not make it disappear and We're ignoring it now - that's the problem! (b) that problem will also exist outside of Boost. So if you do nothing, many others will then encounter the same issue, and complain.
Right. If we were properly testing Boost, these things would be caught before release. Apparently, no one is responsable for maintaining the test script. Maybe can fix that.
Someone will need to take care of it. If not you, then who?
The person who is responsable for maintenance of the library. I really don't have a lot of extra time to deal with other peoples responsibilities.
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