Re: [boost] [1.45] Beta 1 release candidates

Subject: Re: [boost] [1.45] Beta 1 release candidates
From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-11-07 09:04:46

On Sun, Nov 7, 2010 at 3:17 AM, Vladimir Prus <vladimir_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> Beman Dawes wrote:
>
...>> I'm mainly look for problems that would prevent large swaths of Boost
>> from being used on a given platform.
>
> Well, it seems if you think that issue #XXX is not a showstopper, it's
> best to update issue #XXX so that everybody is on the same page.

Good point, although there is also the question of beta vs final
release. There are problems that wouldn't stop a beta but would stop a
release.

>
>> Thus #3550, bootstrap.bat not
>> running on x64 Windows, would appear from the name to be a
>> showstopper. But I tried the bootstrap procedure on my 64-bit Windows
>> 7 system, and it seemed to work as expected.
>
> That's because the the primary issue in the ticket was actually fixed
> long ago and it was left open due to less important follow-ups.
> I've made adjustments as necessary.

Understood. I've done that myself with other tickets.

--Beman