Re: [boost] The need for a 1.35.1 release

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-06-15 12:26:06

on Tue May 27 2008, "James Talbut" <James.Talbut-AT-omg3d.com> wrote:

> As a user I am concerned about the lack of a 1.35.1 release.
>  
> We cannot use 1.35 because it contains a bug.
> When 1.36 is released it will fix this bug, but it will also inevitably
> introduce new bugs some of which may also be show-stoppers for us.
> Which means we have to wait for 1.37, and so on...
>  
> We need to have bugfix releases for released version of boost that do
> not change anything that is not absolutely necessary to fix bugs.
> Without this we are going to have to manually patch bugs as fixes come
> out, which makes a mockery of the whole idea of having boost releases
> (and makes boost much less appealing as a library).

Hi James,

That is one of the most important reasons we decided to offer
http://www.boostpro.com/products/enterprise.  Maybe we can help?

-- 
Dave Abrahams
BoostPro Computing
http://www.boostpro.com