Re: [boost] Re: Boost 1.31 release?

From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-08-09 08:10:12

At 01:39 PM 8/8/2003, Martin Wille wrote:
 >David Abrahams wrote:
 >> Matthias Troyer <troyer_at_[hidden]> writes:
 >...
 >>>                        I would be interested in
 >>>hearing about the plans for a Boost 1.31 release
 >>
 >>
 >> As far as I know the CVS is in very good health at the moment.  The
 >> only major thing I know needs to be done is to complete the
 >> documentation for the new iterator adaptors.  I'd like to get that
 >> over with soon, so it isn't hanging over our heads much longer.
 >
 >In order to avoid problems to be discovered too late for fixing them
 >I'll list the tests that fail for many compilers/compiler versions
 >on Linux:
 >
 >- filesystem::operations_test
 >- function::sum_avg_portable
 >- iterator::interoperable_fail (a compile_fail test that fails,
 >   probably not a real problem)
 >- math::octonion_test
 >   math::quaternion_test
 >- test::errors_handling_test
 >
 >I hope that lists helps.

Assuming I'm release manager for 1.31.0, I'm going to publish explicit 
release criteria for key platform/compiler pairs. Basically, the release 
criteria will be 100% accounting for all failures on those 
platform/compiler pairs.

I assume that Linux/GCC will be one of those platform/compiler pairs. I 
need input from Linux/GCC experts as to which version of GCC should be used 
for the release criteria.

I see GCC 3.3.1 has just been released, and so will be switching the 
Windows/GCC tests to use that version. Unless anyone objects, it will be 
one of the Windows release criteria compilers.

--Beman