Re: [boost] 1.56 release

Subject: Re: [boost] 1.56 release
From: Daniel James (dnljms_at_[hidden])
Date: 2014-03-23 12:47:44

On 23 March 2014 16:39, John Maddock <boost.regex_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>
>
> So.... do we have a release schedule yet?  There is still nothing listed
> on the calendar and IMO something needs to be formally announced in advance
> rather than just "hey, lets do it now!" ;-)
>

No, we don't.

> PS would it pay to do a dummy release process *before* starting on the
> actual release to make sure all the scripts etc still work?  Or maybe
> someone has done this already?

Marshall wrote about that earlier:

On 14 March 2014 21:02, Marshall Clow <mclow.lists_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> On Mar 14, 2014, at 5:01 AM, Tom Kent <lists_at_[hidden]> wrote:
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> > Also, would it be worth doing a pre-beta dry-run, to make sure the
> > build process still works?
>
> The build process definitely does not still work, since at its' heart is
> "svn export".
> That script will have to be rewritten (and will have to do something
> similar to `b2 headers` as well)
>
> I'll probably build some pre-beta things before releasing an RC1, at which
> point
> other people can bang on it.