Requirements

• Python 2.3

Installation

• Download and unpack boostrap from http://www.boost.org/status/bootstrap.py and put it in the directory where you want all the regression test files to be placed.
• Run bootstrap.py.
• Optional If you already have bjam and process_jam_log you want to use just put them in the same directory with bootstrap.py file.

The resulting directory will look like:

boost_regression/
   bootstrap.py
   bjam.exe

Running regression tests

• Run regression.py with the following parameters
  • ... - the id of the runner.
  • ... - the tag identifies the CVS branch or tarball under test. The name of the tag is provided by the release manager

boostrap.py --runner=metacomm --tag=CVS-HEAD

The regression run procedure will:

• Download the most recent tarball for the tag from http://www.boost-consulting.com
• Unpack it
• Build bjam and process_jam_log if needed. (process_jam_log is a utility, which extracts the test results from 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