Re: [boost] [1.47.0] Any remaining showstoppers?

Subject: Re: [boost] [1.47.0] Any remaining showstoppers?
From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-07-05 12:47:36

On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 11:04 AM, Steven Watanabe <watanabesj_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> AMDG
>>>
>>> I have 2 Random fixes:
>>>
>>> http://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/changeset/72825
>>> http://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/changeset/72826
>>>
>>> Both of these remove interface breaking changes.
>>
>> Were these supposed to fix TR1 run_random and run_std_random tests?
>> They still seem to be failing.
>>
>
> Those tests didn't even compile before.
> The failures now are a result of the changes
> in the seeding algorithm.  The old seeding
> algorithms were bizarre and inconsistent,
> so I really don't want to go back.

OK, understood. Please go ahead and merge those changesets.

Is anyone working on changing the TR1 tests to match the seeding?
Should you open a ticket?

--Beman