Hi Jonathan,
I talked in this place since someone in IBM recommended me to do so.
I do not master yet all the places where I should talk.
About Fedora, whatever the HW, at least one thing should be done: add tests (cd status;
../b2) in the %check section of the .spec file.
Boost tests take a lot of time and consume about 65GB of disk space. Anyway, this is the
best solution for building an idea of the quality of a software. Customers are expecting
us to test the software we deliver and to not rely on tests that were done previously and
in different environments.
I'm now running Boost tests on Fedora31/x86_64. There are also failures. However, MUCH
MUCH less than on PPC64LE.
However, I may have made some mistake when building/testing Boost on PPC64LE. However, I
followed exactly what is explained on Boost test page you provide: cd status ; ../b2 .
About adding a Fedora/PPC64LE machine to Boost buildfarm, that is the best solution. I
agree. However, for now, I see only Intel HW and only Linux & Windows Operating
Systems on Boost buildfarm. Adding a different HW and some OS like BSD would help
improving the overall quality and stability of Boost.
Thanks !
Tony