Re: [boost] [1.45] Typeof fixed, point release? (was: Boost 1.45 compile error)

Subject: Re: [boost] [1.45] Typeof fixed, point release? (was: Boost 1.45 compile error)
From: Daniel James (dnljms_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-11-21 18:44:33

On 21 November 2010 22:27, Robert Ramey <ramey_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> Eric Niebler wrote:
>> I have just fixed the typeof problem on the release branch. (I've also
>> verified that it makes the common_type regression go away without
>> causing additional failures for either the typeof or type_traits
>> libraries.)
>>
>> I know it's not our policy to issue point releases, but totally
>> breaking
>> a major header (boost/type_traits.hpp) for a primary test compiler
>> (msvc-7.1) seems like a good reason to make an exception. Does anybody
>> feel otherwise?
>
> Since msvc-7.1 doesn't appear in the test matrix for the release version
> I don't see how it can be considered a primary test compiler.

That list is based on the test compilers. There's a 7.1 release tester:

http://www.boost.org/development/tests/release/daw-msvc71.html

Daniel