Boost ABI compatibility analysis at linuxtesting.org

Hi, I've searched the list archives and I don't find any posts referring to this interesting resource. The http://linuxtesting.org hosts reports of ABI analysi performed by ABI compatibility checker [1] tool against number of open source libraries [2]. Boost included [3]. [1] http://ispras.linux-foundation.org/index.php/ABI_compliance_checker [2] http://linuxtesting.org/upstream-tracker/index.html [3] http://linuxtesting.org/upstream-tracker/versions/boost.html Best regards, -- Mateusz Loskot, http://mateusz.loskot.net Charter Member of OSGeo, http://osgeo.org Member of ACCU, http://accu.org

Mateusz Loskot wrote:
Hi,
I've searched the list archives and I don't find any posts referring to this interesting resource.
The http://linuxtesting.org hosts reports of ABI analysi performed by ABI compatibility checker [1] tool against number of open source libraries [2]. Boost included [3].
[1] http://ispras.linux-foundation.org/index.php/ABI_compliance_checker [2] http://linuxtesting.org/upstream-tracker/index.html [3] http://linuxtesting.org/upstream-tracker/versions/boost.html
These are interesting tables, but not too surprising. Note that they only look at solibs, therefore any compatibility issues in header-only parts are not detected. - Volodya

On 02/10/10 09:30, Vladimir Prus wrote:
Mateusz Loskot wrote:
Hi,
I've searched the list archives and I don't find any posts referring to this interesting resource.
The http://linuxtesting.org hosts reports of ABI analysi performed by ABI compatibility checker [1] tool against number of open source libraries [2]. Boost included [3].
[1] http://ispras.linux-foundation.org/index.php/ABI_compliance_checker [2] http://linuxtesting.org/upstream-tracker/index.html [3] http://linuxtesting.org/upstream-tracker/versions/boost.html
These are interesting tables, but not too surprising. Note that they only look at solibs, therefore any compatibility issues in header-only parts are not detected.
I'm not sure about it as the checker description says: "ABI Compliance Checker (...) It checks header files along with dynamic libraries of old and new versions and analyzes changes that can cause ABI compatibility problems" Best regards, -- Mateusz Loskot, http://mateusz.loskot.net Charter Member of OSGeo, http://osgeo.org Member of ACCU, http://accu.org
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