Re: [boost] [Boost-users] Boost 1_59_0_b1_rc1 is available for testing

Subject: Re: [boost] [Boost-users] Boost 1_59_0_b1_rc1 is available for testing
From: Marshall Clow (mclow.lists_at_[hidden])
Date: 2015-07-15 10:25:44

On Tue, Jul 14, 2015 at 9:20 PM, Gavin Lambert <gavinl_at_[hidden]>
wrote:

> On 15/07/2015 14:59, Edward Diener wrote:
>
>> Because MPL is so central to everything it seems it is too late to get
>> these fixes into 'master', have the regression tested on 'master' and
>> into the upcoming release at this point.
>>
>
> Take this with a grain of salt, since I'm not a library maintainer or
> release manager, but:
>
> Since it's still at a beta release stage (if I'm understanding correctly),
> this seems to me like the perfect time to merge bugfixes, especially ones
> that have already been tested on develop.
>
> Part of the point of having a beta cycle is to discover these
> accidentally-left-out elements and correct them.
>
>
After we ship the beta, before the 1.59.0 release, library maintainers will
have time to fix bugs that were found in the beta.

-- Marshall