Re: [boost] Test build for 1.56 available

Subject: Re: [boost] Test build for 1.56 available
From: Marshall Clow (mclow.lists_at_[hidden])
Date: 2014-07-07 14:56:57

Ok, here are rc2s.
Fixed (I believe) are:
* Now includes winapi library
* Underscores instead of periods in the names
* No more weit metadata in the tar file.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/11048326/boost/boost-1_56_0a1c2.zip
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/11048326/boost/boost-1_56_0a1c2.tar.gz

Please check them out, let me know what problems you have.
Thanks to people who checked out the previous builds and reported problems.

— Marshall

On Mon, Jul 7, 2014 at 10:03 AM, Marshall Clow <mclow.lists_at_[hidden]>
wrote:

> I would like to divide these problems into three bins:
> 1) Missing files/files in the wrong place in the build
> * WinAPI
> 2) General differences between build structure for 1.55 and 1.56
> * Underscores vs. periods
> * No 7z version
> * Broken links to the docs
> * Weird metadata in the zip file
> 3) Other problems introduced by the build process
> 4) Problems with the release
> * Broken links in the docs
> * Multiply defined symbols
> * Problems with smart_ptr in debug mode on VC 2013
>
> Marcel - can you verify that the problems you saw do (or do not) exist in
> the master branch of the git repo? If they don’t, please let me know. If
> they do, please file bugs so they can get fixed.
> Paul - I’ll be making a 7z version “soon”; this build was to make sure
> everything was in the right place, etc. There will also be a .tar.bz2
> version as well.
>
> I’ll post an RC2 version with some of these things fixed in a bit.
>
> — Marshall
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 7, 2014 at 7:12 AM, Paul A. Bristow <pbristow_at_[hidden]>
> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: Boost [mailto:boost-bounces_at_[hidden]] On Behalf Of
>> Marshall Clow
>> > Sent: 06 July 2014 16:28
>> > To: boost
>> > Subject: [boost] Test build for 1.56 available
>> >
>> > I have made a test build for 1.56 and would appreciate help in finding
>> problems with
>> > it.
>> >
>> > boost.1.56.0.tar.gz:
>> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/11048326/boost/boost-
>> > 1.56.0a1c1.tar.gz
>> > boost.1.56.0.zip:
>> >       https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/11048326/boost/boost-
>> > 1.56.0a1c1.zip
>> >
>> > The tar.gz file builds w/o errors on my Mac.
>> > The zip version contains windows line endings.
>> >
>> > I'm looking for:
>> >       * missing files/libraries
>> >       * files/folders that don't belong in the release
>> >       * files/folders in the wrong places
>> >       * build failures
>> >       * Anything else that is wrong.
>> >
>> > One thing I've noticed is that these are *significantly* larger than the
>> 1.55.0
>> > archives.
>> > A bunch of that is because the Boost.Ublas documentation has exploded
>> in size
>> - but
>> > there are probably other reasons as well.
>> >
>> > Looking forward to feedback.
>>
>> Download and unzip
>> Some library docs missing (align, algorithm...)
>>
>> But as short of time, I didn't build libraries to /lib from scratch but
>> just
>>
>> ran b2 on /math/test and /mat/example and they built and ran OK  (VS Pro
>> 2013 on
>> Windows 8.1).
>>
>> Math/docs look OK at a glance.  (and have also probably increased in size
>> ;-(
>>
>> It looks slightly odd that the master says
>>
>> http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/master/doc/html/Assignable.html
>>
>> has a banner saying "This is documentation for a development version of
>> boost".
>>
>> But perhaps this will be changed for the final release?
>>
>> FWIW
>>
>> Paul
>>
>> PS OK  (what happened to the 7z version?)
>> ---
>> Paul A. Bristow
>> Prizet Farmhouse
>> Kendal UK LA8 8AB
>> [phone]
>>
>>
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