Re: [boost] Boost regression notification (2005-10-06 [RC_1_33_0])

From: Doug Gregor (dgregor_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-10-10 09:16:36

On Oct 10, 2005, at 4:53 AM, John Maddock wrote:

>>> I'm not saying "you can't use it anymore" - just that the Boost
>>> release shouldn't be held up by debug-mode failures that don't
>>> affect any major platforms in their normal configuration.
>>
>> I'm claiming debug mode is a normal configuration. People want to be
>> able to get debugging aid by turning _GLIBCXX_DEBUG on. If Boost isn't
>> as usable in the debug mode as it is in release mode then this is a
>> significant impact on usability.
>
> I agree, the point is this mode does catch bugs, and we should test 
> with it.

Yes.

> However there are only so many new requirements we can introduce for a
> release and still get it out.  This should be a requirement for 1.34 
> not
> 1.33.1 IMO.

Right.

        Doug