Re: [boost] [1.61.0] Master branch is closed

Subject: Re: [boost] [1.61.0] Master branch is closed
From: Robert Ramey (ramey_at_[hidden])
Date: 2016-04-22 11:11:54

On 4/20/16 12:17 PM, Vladimir Prus wrote:
>
> Boosters,
>
> The master branch is now closed for all changes, except by permission
> from a release manager.
> Per schedule, the branch will be totally frozen on Saturday.

Yesterday I was informed by a beta tester for version 1.61 of a 
regression in the master branch of the serialization library.  This was 
not detected by any of my tests (as far as I know.  The test matrix 
shows some failures, but doesn't reveal their cause).  In any case it's 
a very serious issue.  If this is released, xml archives created with 
this version may not be readable in the future.

I made a fix, tested it on the compilers I have at my disposal and 
pushed the changes to the develop branch.  I did this yesterday in the 
hope of getting results on the develop branch test matrix so I could 
merge (after getting permission) today.  But it seems that since I did 
the upload yesterday, no tests have been run on the develop branch.  So 
I'm stuck.  I could merge this directly to master - and I'm willing to 
do this if asked, but I would prefer to stick with my original plan.

I apologize for creating this problem.  It's exactly the kind of thing 
that I give other people a hard time for.

I absolutely need to get this into the master before release.

Robert Ramey

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