
Hi all. There seem to exist certain inconsistency between which compilers are marked as "required" in explicit-failures-markup.xml, and how often the regressions are run on these compilers. For example, for a long time there has been no results for msvc or vc-7_0. The cw-8_3 appeared in the regression tables some time ago (adding 20 or so failures to the typeof test results), had the regressions run a couple of times, and vanished (probably somebody removed the old results). This situation makes it very difficult to address the issues on these compilers. For example very few or no people on this list have cw-8_3 installed. The "batch mode" (modifying the library or tests and waiting for the next regression results) is almost not practical, since the regressions on this compiler are run once a week or even less often. Is there any other possibility that I am missing? At the same time at least three parties run the regressions on vc7_1. I wonder if such resource utilization is wise... I think regression testing is essential, and, ideally, should be run before every commit. I also understand that with Boost this is not feasible. But running regressions at least daily for every required compiler should be a must, IMO. If we can't achieve this for some compilers, this compilers should be, I think, downgraded to "optional". Regards, Arkadiy