Re: [boost] [1.58.0] Release candidates available

Subject: Re: [boost] [1.58.0] Release candidates available
From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2015-04-06 10:35:04

On Mon, Apr 6, 2015 at 10:08 AM, Olaf van der Spek <ml_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> On Mon, Apr 6, 2015 at 3:53 PM, Beman Dawes <bdawes_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>

> > We need to start asking RC testers to use --build-type=complete
>
> Why doesn't it default to complete (on Windows)?
>

Good point. Likewise, why isn't the default a 64-bit build on a 64-bit
system?

There are also some other build defaults and names that may sense in
isolation but taken as a whole make much less sense. We need to have a
discussion about that early in the 1.59.0 release cycle.

--Beman