Re: [boost] [filesystem] Heads up; filesystem in trunk unstable while V2 removed

Subject: Re: [boost] [filesystem] Heads up; filesystem in trunk unstable while V2 removed
From: Sebastian Redl (sebastian.redl_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-03-26 10:16:41

On 26.03.2012 15:18, Beman Dawes wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 8:25 AM, Beman Dawes<bdawes_at_[hidden]>  wrote:
>> To ensure that history is preserved, the removal of version 2 will be
>> done as three commits. Filesystem in trunk will be unstable during
>> until all three commits are completed. Hopefully this will take less
>> than an hour.
>>
>> I'll post a notice when complete.
> Completed. Tests passing on Windows. Linux being checked now.
>
This prompted me to port my project to v3, and I promptly ran into this bug:
https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/5118

Silently changing the behavior of foo.replace_extension("bar") is not 
good at all.

Sebastian