Re: [boost] What are the things that we HAVE TO fix before shipping 1.56.0?

Subject: Re: [boost] What are the things that we HAVE TO fix before shipping 1.56.0?
From: Eric Niebler (eniebler_at_[hidden])
Date: 2014-07-29 18:59:17

On 7/29/2014 3:39 PM, Eric Niebler wrote:
> On 07/29/2014 01:36 PM, Marshall Clow wrote:
>> On Jul 29, 2014, at 8:31 AM, Eric Niebler <eniebler_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>>> On 7/29/2014 8:18 AM, Eric Niebler wrote:
>>>> On 7/29/2014 12:32 AM, Andrey Semashev wrote:
>>>>> On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 1:24 AM, Marshall Clow <mclow.lists_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>>>>>> We’re coming down to the end of the release process, so I’m taking a poll.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> * What bugs do you think MUST be fixed before shipping 1.56?
>>>>>> In other words, if bug XXX is not fixed, then (in your opinion) we should not bother making a release.
>>>>>
>>>>> I think the issue in the nearby thread [1] needs to be fixed before
>>>>> the release. The fix is rather simple anyway.
>>>>>
>>>>> [1] http://lists.boost.org/Archives/boost/2014/07/215581.php
>>>>
>>>> Did you/someone file a bug? It's unlikely to get fixed otherwise.
>>>
>>> Sorry, I see the pull request now.[*] I agree, it'd be nice to have this
>>> fix, but I'm not anxious to hold up the release. Marshall?
>>>
>>> [*] https://github.com/boostorg/asio/pull/7
>>
>> I’m really leery of putting something in the release that hasn’t gone through a test cycle.
> 
> Naturally. But see [1] for another case where this is a problem. It
> looks bad. We have two choices:
> 
> 1) Hold up the release while we work on a fix and run some emergency tests.
> 2) Release as-is, then quickly roll a point release.
> 
> The fact that two people have reported the issue separately gives me pause.
> 
> Eric
> 
> [1]:
> https://groups.google.com/d/msg/boost-developers-archive/6JVNg7ZPb4k/RAlvPUec4MAJ

More information, cc'ing Neil.

The problem is this commit is Boost.Range:

https://github.com/boostorg/range/commit/1d91272a551df2cd1776d6447c0e39a14f660c17

The change to the free relational operators is causing havoc. The fix
should be as simple as reverting to the 1.55 formulation of them. I'll
send a patch shortly.

Neil, please chime in ASAP if you think that's the wrong fix.

Eric