Nicola Musatti wrote:
Beman Dawes <bdawes <at> acm.org> writes: [...]
My candidates for the release criteria compilers are:
* Microsoft VC++ 8.0 on Win32 * Intel 10.0 on Win32 * GCC on Linux * GCC on Darwin
I've got all of those here, so can verify test results myself if necessary.
I expect people will want to add several others, and that's OK. But for this first release on our quarterly schedule, let's keep the number down to be sure we meet our targets.
CodeGear (Borland) C++ Builder 2007 on Win32
I know it's not the most compliant compiler in the world, but it's improving. Furthermore, I believe Alisdair Meredith has some patches to submit and I have a few myself in store.
As soon as all the patches I'm aware of are in, I can stop testing the earlier releases and start testing the latest one more often.
We really can't include a compiler and/or platform that is only being tested every few days. We just have to have reliable daily tests at the minimum. And for compilers/platforms with a lot of failures, we need even more testing, so developers have a reasonable shot at fixing the failures. I see that it is now official that Borland has hired Alisdair as C++ product manager. Perhaps that will lead to better compliance for their compiler, too. But until that plays out I'm really having trouble seeing how we can include Borland as a release criteria compiler. --Beman