[boost] Re: plans for a bugfix release ?

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-07-17 11:24:55

Beman Dawes <bdawes_at_[hidden]> writes:

> At 09:36 AM 7/17/2003, David Abrahams wrote:
>  >Beman Dawes <bdawes_at_[hidden]> writes:
>  >
>  >> See win32-1_30_1 on http://boost.sourceforge.net/regression-logs/
>  >>
>  >> I found I had to update the .../tools/build sub-tree to the current
>  >> main trunk in order to get the latest toolsets. Other than that, the
>  >> tests were run on the RC_1_30_0 branch.
>  >
>  >How can I tell if there were regressions?
>
> Regressions compared to the current main trunk or to the 1.30.0 release?

1.30.0

> One simple way to spot regressions compared to the current main trunk
> is to look at VC++ 7.1. 

That only tells me about one compiler, and the main trunk (which I
don't care about).

> Except for Boost.Signals, it is currently passing 100% of all
> tests. Thus any failures are regressions compared to the current
> state.

We're not trying to get things to be as good as the current CVS; we
just want "better than 1.30.0".

-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
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