Re: [boost] [optional] New RC_1_34_0 regression

From: Thomas Witt (witt_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-04-04 19:13:13

Hi,

I convinced myself that this needs to be fixed before the release. While 
I am sympathetic to Vladimirs argument this seems serious enough to me 
to call it a showstopper.

Fernando Cacciola wrote:
> Hi Richard,
> 
> I' glad you found this regression now, _before_ the release.
> 
> FWIW I agree that that 1.34 should ship with an non-breaking implementation 
> of none.
> As you know the intention was to fix a long standing problem with 
> precompiled headers, but by no means that fix can existing code.
> 
> I will contact the Release Manager (Thomas) asking for permission to revert 
> the fix that caused the regresion.
> 
> I will patch it by physically reverting the problematic fix, from CVS 
> history, rather than patching the code one more time, to make sure there are 
> no further mistakes.

Please go ahead. It's your call whether to simply revert or accept 
Richard's patch. The way I look at it is that the patch has higher risk 
but a nice testcase, that makes it even to me.

Thomas

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Thomas Witt
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