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From: Thomas Witt (witt_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-01-04 03:48:53
Hi,
This is the status of the 1.34.0 release as I see it. I'll update it
on a roughly weekly basis. The main purpose of this is to make people
aware of outstanding issues and maybe motivate some volunteers.
Well by now everybody should have noticed that the beta release did
not happen before new years. Lets try the same thing for 2007 then.
That being said we are slowly inching forward. Some of the issues in
the last report have been fixed. For a (probably incomplete) list of
things please look at the end of this message
New Issues
**********
- build
Possible documentation issue. http://article.gmane.org/
gmane.comp.lib.boost.devel/152751. No known fix.
- date_time
Fails qcc-3.3.5_gpp. No known fix.
Possible documentation issue. http://article.gmane.org/
gmane.comp.lib.boost.devel/152753. No known fix.
- ptr_map
Thorsten proposed a patch as a follow up of this message http://
article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lib.boost.devel/152788.
I'd really like to have another set of eyes look at this before
it goes in.
- test
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lib.boost.devel/152728. So
far I did not get a definitive answer
on whether this is a problem or not.
- thread
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lib.boost.testing/3790.
Roland what is the status on this one?
Existing Issues
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Regression Tests
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- concept_check
Regressions for borland 5.8.2 and msvc 6.5. These should all be
marked expected.
Jeremy is going to take care of this. Jeremy?
- regex
Fails msvc-6.5 no known fix.
- test
Fails darwin-4.0.1, cw-9.4 no known fix.
- utility
Fails gcc-3.4.5_linux_x86_64 no know fix.
As I said we are getting close, but we *really* need people to look
at the outstanding issues.
Build
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- v2 transition
There still seem to exist vestiges of the old build system in
some places. See here:
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lib.boost.build/14768
This issue is unresolved as of now. We are seeking help and input.
Inspection
==========
- File name guidelines
We still have 4 file/directory names issues in the following
components
boost/archive/basic_streambuf_locale_saver.hpp:
*N* name exceeds 31 characters
tools/build/v2/example/make/main.cpp.pro:
*N* name contains more than one dot character ('.')
libs/test/build/msvc71_proj/config_file_iterator_test.vcproj:
*N* name exceeds 31 characters
regression/.htaccess:
*N* leading character of ".htaccess" is not alphabetic
I consider these showstoppers for the final release. Could the
respective
library authors please take care of this, now?
- Broken Links
We still show 116 broken links. Is the report broken or the docs?
- License Copyright
We still have large number of license copyright issues. To me
the do we really need a license/copyright for xxx
discussion is not very productive. My personal attitude is get
over it and fix it. While this is not a showstopper
fixing them will be well received by our users and now is the
time to do it.
Fixed Issues
************
- Lots of probably configuration related regressions in some msvc tests.
Configuration fixed. Thanks Aleksey.
- iostreams
Fixed for cw-9.4. Thanks Joaquin.
- Getting Started Guide
This is now ready for release as I understand it. Thanks Dave!
- File name guidelines
The following were fixed
boost/graph/maximum_cardinality_matching.hpp:
*N* name exceeds 31 characters
libs/graph/doc/lengauer_tarjan_dominator_tree.htm:
*N* name exceeds 31 characters
libs/graph/doc/sorted_erdos_renyi_generator.html:
*N* name exceeds 31 characters
Please let me know of issues not covered here. I'll add them to the
list.
Thanks
Thomas
Thomas Witt
witt_at_[hidden]
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