Re: [boost] [range] Permission to merge to the Release branch

Subject: Re: [boost] [range] Permission to merge to the Release branch
From: Jeremiah Willcock (jewillco_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-04-02 13:38:11

On Fri, 2 Apr 2010, Beman Dawes wrote:

> On Fri, Apr 2, 2010 at 12:27 PM, Neil Groves <neil_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>> Beman,
>>
>> I am seeking permission to merge the trunk version of Boost.Range into the
>> release branch. The regression test results have not detected new
>> regressions, however there are a number of the new features that are not
>> passing unit tests on several compilers. Since the new features would not be
>> usable if I did not merge my opinion is that it is worth merging to allow
>> the use of the newer features on more compliant compilers. In the meantime I
>> can seek to improve the support of adaptors and algorithms on the less
>> capable compilers.
>
> Go ahead and merge. For the tests that are expected to fail (because
> of older compilers, or whatever), please mark them up as expected
> failures. Ask if you need help with the markup.

Will this merge cause failures because of the name conflicts with 
string_algo?  Also, please see my earlier email about needing to apply a 
separate patch to remove the Boost.Range algorithms from 
<boost/detail/algorithm.hpp>.

-- Jeremiah Willcock