Re: [boost] [1.43][beta] Fix for MPL under gcc 4.5

Subject: Re: [boost] [1.43][beta] Fix for MPL under gcc 4.5
From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-04-22 12:15:12

On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 2:39 AM, Vladimir Prus
<vladimir_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> Aleksey Gurtovoy wrote:
>

>> My experience as a release manager (admittedly from a long time ago) was
>> that release-critical issues will slip past even the most active library
>> maintainers, and letting them know about it (and occasionally nagging)
>> goes a long way towards "all green" release.
>
> For all I can tell, it was not apparent to *anybody*, so there's nothing we
> could have done differently -- unless anybody has a pill that give supernatural
> powers.

The case of two major compilers shipping new and important versions
just before a Boost release is unusual. If we end up taking an extra
week to clear related issues, I don't see that as a problem.

--Beman