Re: [boost] boost-1.54 needs a bugfix!

Subject: Re: [boost] boost-1.54 needs a bugfix!
From: Oliver Kowalke (oliver.kowalke_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-07-03 02:09:18

2013/7/2 Steve M. Robbins <steve_at_[hidden]>

>
> On Tue, Jul 02, 2013 at 01:17:43PM +0100, Daniel James wrote:
> > On 2 July 2013 09:19, John Maddock <john_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>
> > > I'd suggest that
> > > we either:
> > >
> > > * Slip out 1.55 on a shorter than usual cycle (no new libraries?) to be
> > > completed before the move to git begins, or...
> > > * Put out a 1.54.1 with bug fixes only on a short 2-3 week cycle, again
> > > before the move to git.
> >
> > We can at least put patches up on the site. Recently I've been adding
> > links to the release notes page, although I want to do something
> > better.
>
> Hey, that's great!  I really appreciate the effort to collect together
> any stabilizing fixes after the release is made.  Whether it's in the
> form of a point release, or links on the release notes page, it makes
> my job of integrating Boost into the Debian Linux distribution easier.
>

It would be nice if the distro maintainers would give feedback if they
encountered
some bugs in boost. I noticed that some (not necessary you) of those people
write
some bugfixes but do not inform the author of the boost-lib - that's a
shame.