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

Subject: Re: [boost] [EXTERNAL] [1.61.0] Master branch is closed
From: Rene Rivera (grafikrobot_at_[hidden])
Date: 2016-04-26 13:47:21

On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 3:36 AM, alainm <alain.miniussi_at_oca.eu> wrote:

>
>
> On 25/04/2016 21:12, Rene Rivera wrote:
>
>> On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 2:05 PM, Belcourt, Kenneth <kbelco_at_[hidden]>
>> wrote:
>>
>> On Apr 25, 2016, at 12:08 PM, Vladimir Prus <vladimir.prus_at_[hidden]>
>>>>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 4/23/2016 10:02 PM, Belcourt, Kenneth wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> It’d be nice if serialization worked with MPI for the release, though
>>>>>
>>>> I’m not sure it’s a show stopper.
>>>
>>>> What is the actual impact of this problem? E.g. which percentage of MPI
>>>>
>>> users will find their code
>>>
>>>> no longer compiling?
>>>>
>>> Fair question, no idea really.  I know that Boost MPI's used on multiple
>>> projects where I work, though it’s easy enough for us to just skip using
>>> the 1.61 release to avoid breaking our MPI serialization code.
>>>
>>> Sorry if my ignorance of how MPI shows :-) .. How much of MPI is usable
>> with this problem? Is it usable at all? Is it partially usable?
>>
>> No part of Boost MPI is usable, meaning no code built on top of Boost.MPI
> will compile.
>
> Just tried.
>

Thanks for the info.. But given that we don't have *any* test results with
MPI passing (i.e. nothing on develop yet).. I'm afraid it's going to stay
broken this release.

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