Running Boost Regression Tests

Requirements

Python 2.3

That's it! You don't even need a CVS client installed.

Installation

Download regression driver regression.py from here (http://tinyurl.com/4fp4g) and put it in the directory where you want all the regression test files to be placed.

Optional: If you already have bjam and/or process_jam_log executables you'd like to use, just put them in the same directory with regression.py, e.g.:
```
my_boost_regressions/
   regression.py
   bjam.exe
```

Running tests

To start a regression run, simply run regression.py providing it with the only required option, runner id. For example:
```
python regression.py --runner=Metacomm
```
You can specify a particular set of toolsets you want to test with by passing them as a comma-separated list using the --toolsets option:
```
python regression.py --runner=Metacomm --toolsets=gcc,vc7
```
If you are interested in seeing all available options, run python regression.py or python regression.py --help.

Note: If you are behind a firewall/proxy server, everything should still "just work". In the rare cases when it doesn't, you can explicitly specify the proxy server parameters through the --proxy option, e.g.:
```
python regression.py --runner=Metacomm --proxy=http://www.someproxy.com:3128
```

Details

The regression run procedure will:

Download the most recent tarball from http://www.boost-consulting.com, unpack it in the subdirectory boost.
Build bjam and process_jam_log if needed. (process_jam_log is an utility, which extracts the test results from the log file produced by Boost.Build)
Run regression tests, process and collect the results.
Upload the results to ftp://fx.meta-comm.com/boost-regression.

The report merger process running on MetaCommunications site every 2 hours will merge all submitted test runs and publish them at http://boost.sourceforge.net/regression-logs/developer.