Re: [boost] Boost 1.61.0 Beta 1 Release Candidate 2

Subject: Re: [boost] Boost 1.61.0 Beta 1 Release Candidate 2
From: Rene Rivera (grafikrobot_at_[hidden])
Date: 2016-03-24 08:26:42

On Wed, Mar 23, 2016 at 10:00 PM, Tom Kent <lists_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> On Wed, Mar 23, 2016 at 2:29 PM, Vladimir Prus <vladimir.prus_at_[hidden]>
> wrote:
>
> >
> > Second set of release candidates for 1.61.0 beta 1 are now available:
> >
> > <snip>
>
> > The changes from RC1 are:
> >
> > * Top-level directory in the archive matches the name
> >
>
> So in the past the top level directory matched what we were going to
> eventually release as the beta. E.G. we would have
> boost_1_XX_0_b1_rcY.tar.bz which would contain the directory
> boost_1_XX_0_b1 (a similar thing for releases, without the _b1). That way
> once we have found a -rcY that everyone is happy with, we just need to
> re-name the archives and push them to sourceforge.
>
> Was it intentional that the directory within is "boost_1_61_0_b1_rc2"? If
> so, does that mean that we will have to do a separate build (with
> changes?!?!) when we move from our last rc to the beta release?
>

It was not intentional. I just wasn't aware of the naming. We could do a
new build. Though that's easy and repeatable as it's done by the CI system
now. But we could also just unpack/rename/repack.

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