Re: [boost] [1.35.0] Release criteria compilers

From: Jeff Garland (jeff_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-10-08 09:58:05

Edward Diener wrote:

>  From an end user's perspective I think it is really important, for a 
> given release and library of Boost, to know whether or not a particular 
> compiler is supposed to work for a particular library. The regression 
> tests do not, unfortunately, always give the end user that information. 
> While I understand the concern for getting out timely releases of Boost 
> which are guaranteed to support a subset of highly conformant compilers, 
>   this way of doing things will only make it even more difficult for 
> end-users of those compilers which are not part of that subset to 
> determine whether the latest release of a particular Boost library is 
> supported when using their compiler.
> 

While I agree this might make understanding the status a tiny bit harder, it's 
worth it for the majority of users to actually have access to the new 
libraries that have been accepted into boost -- even if regression status is a 
bit harder to understand.  asio was reviewed in Jan of 2006 and if we don't 
take some radical steps it won't be in a Boost release in 2007 -- almost 2 
years later -- the current state of affairs is simply unacceptable.

Jeff