Re: [boost] [1.44.0][Math] Requesting permission to merge to release.

Subject: Re: [boost] [1.44.0][Math] Requesting permission to merge to release.
From: Eric Niebler (eric_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-08-05 20:46:53

On 8/4/2010 1:21 PM, John Maddock wrote:
> If possible, I'd like to fix this issue:
> https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/4504 for the final 1.44 release.
> 
> The fix is trivial:
> https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/changeset?reponame=&new=64597%40trunk%2Fboost%2Fmath%2Fspecial_functions%2Fdetail%2Ft_distribution_inv.hpp&old=59129%40trunk%2Fboost%2Fmath%2Fspecial_functions%2Fdetail%2Ft_distribution_inv.hpp
> but the actual bug manifests as a rather nasty numerical error.  There's
> also a related patch to update the tests, which is slightly more risky
> in that it adds many new test cases:
> https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/changeset?reponame=&new=64597%40trunk%2Flibs%2Fmath%2Ftest%2Ftest_students_t.cpp&old=51576%40trunk%2Flibs%2Fmath%2Ftest%2Ftest_students_t.cpp.
> 
> Is it acceptable to merge these to release at this late stage?

Looks to me like this is a fix we want to have. Have the the trunk tests
cycled? Beman, objections?

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