Re: [boost] [1.48.0] Status?

Subject: Re: [boost] [1.48.0] Status?
From: Dave Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-11-08 12:46:53

on Tue Nov 08 2011, Beman Dawes <bdawes-AT-acm.org> wrote:

> Are there any 1.48.0 showstoppers outstanding? We are scheduled to
> release right now.
>
> There are still a lot of release branch regression test failures. It
> is very uncomfortable to see failures for popular compilers such as
> VC++ 10 and GCC:
>
>    accumulators  (most or all compilers)
>    assign
>    flyweight          (most or all compilers)
>    graph
>    ublas
>    pool                  (all Windows compilers)
>    ptr_container    (most or all compilers)
>    python
>    spirit/repository (most or all compilers)
>    tr1                     (most or all compilers)
>    wave                 (all Windows compilers)
>
> See http://beta.boost.org/development/tests/release/developer/summary.html
>
> Do we really want to release with this many failures?

No.  Aren't these regressions?  Don't we have a policy against releasing
with regressions?

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Dave Abrahams
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