Re: [boost] Boost regression notification (2005-10-13 [RC_1_33_0])

From: Douglas Gregor (doug.gregor_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-10-13 19:43:23

On Oct 13, 2005, at 6:04 PM, Thomas Witt wrote:

>
> Thomas,
>
> Robert Ramey wrote:
>
>>> I think known regressions in a minor release are absolutely
>>> unacceptable, even on less important platforms. The whole point  
>>> of the
>>> minor release is to improve on what we got and not to break user  
>>> code.
>>>
>>
>> These regressions are new ICEs that result from making the  
>> follwing changes:
>>
>> a) Remove header dependencies which many people complained about.
>>
>
> In general I think that's something that should be delayed to the next
> major release. That being said I don't know the details and in the end
> it's Doug's call.

I think the removal of header dependencies is important enough to  
make the point release. It's hurting people now that upgraded to  
1.33.0, and we should fix it as soon as possible... 1.34.0 is too far  
off to make them wait for this.

     Doug