Re: [boost] [1.59] Still unmerged changes in the super-project

Subject: Re: [boost] [1.59] Still unmerged changes in the super-project
From: Rene Rivera (grafikrobot_at_[hidden])
Date: 2015-08-08 16:23:40

Should have mentioned.. That I merged everything that could be merged.
On Aug 8, 2015 2:06 PM, "Paul A. Bristow" <pbristow_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> I have no knowledge of these unmerged changes, but I am coming to the view
> that things that exist in
> develop for a long time without causing trouble should be merged to master
> unless someone objects.
>
> We have far too many unmerged and unapplied fixes.
>
> So I have come to view that the benefits of probably-fixing-things
> outweigh the risk of
> possibly-breaking-things.
>
> Paul
>
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>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Boost [mailto:boost-bounces_at_[hidden]] On Behalf Of John
> Maddock
> > Sent: 04 August 2015 19:33
> > To: boost_at_[hidden]
> > Subject: [boost] [1.59] Still unmerged changes in the super-project
> >
> > There are a number of unmerged changes in develop of the super-project
> that look like they should
> > really be in release, in particular:
> >
> > * Jamroot, contains amongst other things a very old fix for Oracle C++
> support, without which
> > building with Oracle is more or less broken.  In fact unmerged commits
> on this file go back
> to....wait
> > for it... 2011 !
> > * bootstrap.bat has fixes for some rather embarrassing typos.
> > * bootstrap.sh has lots of fixes, also going back to 2011.
> >
> > Those were the "highlights" that stood out to me, the full list with
> unmerged changes is:
> >
> >   .gitmodules                         | 613
> > ++++++++++++++++++------------------
> >   .travis.yml                         |   6 +-
> >   Jamroot                             |  32 +-
> >   boostcpp.jam                        |  47 +--
> >   boostcpp.py                         | 459 ---------------------------
> >   bootstrap.bat                       |   4 +-
> >   bootstrap.sh                        |  24 +-
> >   doc/Jamfile.v2                      |   2 -
> >   doc/src/boost.xml                   |   2 -
> >   libs/libraries.htm                  |  10 +-
> >   libs/maintainers.txt                |   5 +-
> >   status/Jamfile.v2                   |   4 -
> >   status/explicit-failures-markup.xml |  41 +--
> >   tools/Jamfile.v2                    |   2 +-
> >   14 files changed, 336 insertions(+), 915 deletions
> >
> > Best, John.
> >
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