Re: [boost] 1.57.0 beta 1 is now available

Subject: Re: [boost] 1.57.0 beta 1 is now available
From: Marshall Clow (mclow.lists_at_[hidden])
Date: 2014-10-24 14:05:09

On Oct 24, 2014, at 7:07 AM, Vladimir Prus <vladimir_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> On 10/21/2014 02:14 AM, Marshall Clow wrote:
>> Boost release 1.57.0 beta 1 is now available from SourceForge
>> 
>> See http://sourceforge.net/projects/boost/files/boost-binaries/1.57.0.beta.1/
>> 
>> This release contains no new libraries.
>> 
>> For details of what's in the release, see http://www.boost.org/users/history/version_1_57_0.html.
>> Note that the links to files on this web page are for the final release - use the SourceForge link above to get the beta files.
>> 
>> Please download the beta, give it a try, and report any problems you encounter.
> 
> Two questions:
> 
> - Do we need https://github.com/boostorg/build/commit/252b5aa019dd1b502892e406dc1cd91d1287bec3 to be merged to master?
>  It was meant to see some hangs on Solaris, IIUC.

Do we have any way to test this?

> - I'm about to merge couple other Boost.Build changes to master, mostly in Python port. I'm assuming
>  that's as safe as it could be, but let me know if you think otherwise.

If you think they’re safe (and they’ve been in use on develop for a while), then that’s OK.

— Marshall