Re: Warming up for 0.3.5
Posted by Luigi Ballabio-2 on Feb 16, 2004; 8:56am
URL: http://quantlib.414.s1.nabble.com/Warming-up-for-0-3-5-tp10479p10482.html
On 2004.02.16 10:25, Ferdinando Ametrano wrote:
> For 0.3.5 I would prefer not to ship binaries. My idea is that
> QuantLib is for quantitative developers that must be able to
> recompile the library, and should be able to compile and run the test
> suite. What do you think about it?
I second that. As a matter of fact, I've been arguing that for quite
some time :)
> If I got it right boost is going to be optional for 0.3.5. I for one
> vote to have it as requirement for 0.3.6: if everybody agree we
> should make clear that 0.3.5 is transitional toward boost.
Yes, that was the idea.
> BTW Luigi: any chance about using the boost test suite instead of
> cppunit? Have you ever compared the two approaches?
Yes, I've been looking at the boost test framework for another project.
It should be relatively painless to switch.
Later,
Luigi