Re: [boost] [1.55.0] Release Notes

Subject: Re: [boost] [1.55.0] Release Notes
From: Daryle Walker (darylew_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-10-03 01:42:59

> Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2013 06:20:02 +0100
> From: daniel_at_[hidden]
>
> On 1 October 2013 06:15, Daryle Walker <darylew_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>>> Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2013 16:29:41 +0100
>>> From: daniel_at_[hidden]
>>>
>>> If you haven't already, can you write your release notes for 1.55? You
>>> can send them to me, or add them yourself at:
>>>
>>> http://svn.boost.org/svn/boost/website/public_html/live/feed/history/
>>
>> Is there a way to check the Release branch on SVN to check what a particular
>> user has done on it since the last release was based on it? (Of course, we
>> would need the marker for the last release point.)
>
> I'd just run 'svn log' in the release branch and search for their
> username. The last release was based on revision 84902, I got that
> from:
>
> https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/log/tags/release/Boost_1_54_0/

OK, I did:

//===============================================================================
C:\...\boost-release>svn log -r 84902:HEAD --search dlwalker
------------------------------------------------------------------------
r85441 | dlwalker | 2013-08-24 04:17:46 -0400 (Sat, 24 Aug 2013) | 1 line
Merged [85417], [85418], and [85434] from trunk to release, fixing show-stoppers
 for Boost.Rational, like #5855 and a C++11 update for some test code
------------------------------------------------------------------------
//===============================================================================

Looking at those change-sets:

Boost.Rational:

* Added "lowest" and "max_digits10," members of std::numeric_limits added in C++11,
  to the unit-test code.  Needed since Boost.Test refers to one of them when
  compiled in C++11 mode.
* Changed initialization of some internal variables to something that cannot be a
  narrowing conversion, which fixes issue #5855.  Needed since narrowing conversions
  are an error in C++11.

You can use different wording; that's just a summary.  Those two points are for the
first two change-sets; the third change-set modifies the second.  (MSVC doesn't
accept "not" as a substitute for "!".)

Daryle W.